| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) |
| Series |
SUNY series in Korean studies |
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SUNY series in Korean studies.
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| Contents |
The Problem: The Unique Event -- Catholicism: Mirabiliter Ingressi -- Protestantism: A Success -- Context: The Eventful Age -- The Historical Stage -- Social Environment -- Method Employed -- Syncretism: Tapestry in the Eastern Scene -- Concept and Meaning -- The Eastern Tapestry: The "Three Religions Are One" Principle -- The Clue: Diffusion and Convergence -- Confucianism and Christianity: Morphological Analogy -- Buddhism and Christianity: Paradise in the Great Beyond -- Taoism and Christianity: Unio Mystica -- Christianity and Popular Belief in Korean Society: New Discovery of an Old Faith |
| Summary |
"This book explains the explosive growth of Christianity since its introduction into Korea in the eighteenth century. In no other Asian country has Christianity taken root so strongly." "Author David Chung argues that it was the syncretic tendency of Korean religious culture that provided the context for the successful acceptance of Christianity. Working from the perspective of comparative religions, he explores how Korean society accommodated and assimilated religions of foreign origin, such as Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Christianity through crude equation and subtle identification of these religions with Korean indigenous beliefs. Fundamentally shamanistic, Korean society received and grafted these religions onto its own and made a remarkable tapestry of beliefs, rites, and values into a comprehensive pattern. Syncretism finds this "religious tapestry" or internal chemistry working between Korean and Christian worldviews."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-235) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Christian life.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Christian life
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Christentum
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| SUBJECT |
Korea -- Church history.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073009
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| Subject |
Korea
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Korea
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oh, Kang-nam
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| ISBN |
0791449416 |
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9780791449417 |
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0791449424 |
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9780791449424 |
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9780791490839 |
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0791490831 |
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