Wŏnhyo's Ijang ŭi is a lengthy treatise that examines and explains the afflictive and cognitive hindrances to liberation and enlightenment more thoroughly than any known work in the history of Buddhism. While this in itself is sufficient to make it a watershed work, the treatise goes even further, in defining two distinctive systems of the hindrances, which are associated with the two major doctrinal lineages of Yogâcāra and Tathāgatagarbha. These two systems are labeled by Wŏnhyo with the Buddhist exegetical terms "explicit" (Qnītârtha, 顯了門) and "inexplicit" (Qneyârtha, 隱密門). These, I argue, are for Wŏnhyo not value-laden terms as usually seen in East Asian doctrinal classification systems, but conceived based on Wŏnhyo's impression of the relative clarity (or lack thereof) of their systematic descriptions in the source texts of the two traditions. In the end, Wŏnhyo shows not only how these systems differ, but how they also mutually complement and inform each other. This makes this treatise an emblematic work demonstrating the Silla scholiast's hallmark methodological approach of doctrinal synthesis (hwajaeng). Wŏnhyo's work on this topic deeply influenced scholarship on the hindrances by later Faxiang, Tiantai, and Huayan scholars in China, Korea, and Japan. In the course of introducing the Ijang ŭi, I also provide a brief outline of the development of the two hindrances concepts in the Tathāgatagarbha and Yogâcāra traditions, along with a synopsis of the major pre-Wŏnhyo treatise on the hindrances, that by the Chinese scholar Huiyuan.
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This special issue invites readers to examine dynamic religious aspirations in the urban contexts of South Korea. Focusing on religious practices, adaptations, and material constructions in the making of Seoul, these articles contribute to the growing scholarly discussion on the relationship between the urban and the religious/sacred in the context of Asian cities and beyond (e.g., van der Veer 2015, Goh and van der Veer 2016). This special issue is the culmination of an interdisciplinary research team—the Seoul Lab—which contributed to the larger comparative urban research project of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity undertaken in Mumbai, Shanghai, and Singapore. In these introductory remarks we share some key concerns of the project in order to invite further scholarly discussion.
本期特刊邀请读者审视韩国城市背景下充满活力的宗教愿望。这些文章关注的是宗教实践、适应和首尔的物质建设，促进了亚洲城市及其他地区关于城市与宗教/神圣之间关系的学术讨论(例如，van der Veer 2015, Goh and van der Veer 2016)。这期特刊是一个跨学科研究团队——首尔实验室——的成果，该团队为马克斯普朗克宗教和种族多样性研究所在孟买、上海和新加坡开展的更大的城市比较研究项目做出了贡献。在这些导言中，我们分享了项目的一些关键问题，以邀请进一步的学术讨论。
{"title":"Urban Aspirations in Seoul: Guest Editors’ Introduction","authors":"Jin-Heon Jung, P. Veer","doi":"10.1353/JKR.2016.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JKR.2016.0008","url":null,"abstract":"This special issue invites readers to examine dynamic religious aspirations in the urban contexts of South Korea. Focusing on religious practices, adaptations, and material constructions in the making of Seoul, these articles contribute to the growing scholarly discussion on the relationship between the urban and the religious/sacred in the context of Asian cities and beyond (e.g., van der Veer 2015, Goh and van der Veer 2016). This special issue is the culmination of an interdisciplinary research team—the Seoul Lab—which contributed to the larger comparative urban research project of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity undertaken in Mumbai, Shanghai, and Singapore. In these introductory remarks we share some key concerns of the project in order to invite further scholarly discussion.","PeriodicalId":42017,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Korean Religions","volume":"7 1","pages":"5 - 9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JKR.2016.0008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66448214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Little attention has been given to religious television that counters dominant views within the same tradition. In this paper, I examine a South Korean TV show as a ‘‘mediated critical insider movement’’ that challenges mainstream Protestant Christianity in South Korea. Naensi Raeng ŭi sinhak p’ŏnch’i (Nancy Lang’s Theology Punch), with its incisive questioning of taken-for-granted beliefs, critically engages dominant Korean Protestant discourses. While it debunks some of the popular teachings in the Church, the show also disseminates discussions and debates from diverse theological perspectives. By analyzing the show, and through interviews with some of its producing agents and invited guest theologians, I argue that this mediated arena is a critical-insider movement that attempts to democratize theology by exposing theological information and promoting rational-critical argumentation, a practice that is marginalized in the Korean Protestant Church.
摘要:很少有人关注宗教电视在同一传统中反对主流观点。在本文中，我将韩国电视节目视为挑战韩国主流新教基督教的“中介批评内幕运动”。《Naensi Raeng ŭi sinhak p ' ŏnch ' i》(南希·朗的《神学冲击》)对想当然的信仰提出了尖锐的质疑，批判性地参与了占主导地位的韩国新教话语。虽然它揭穿了教会中一些流行的教义，但该节目也从不同的神学角度传播了讨论和辩论。通过对该节目的分析，以及对一些制作方和特邀嘉宾神学家的采访，我认为这个被调解的舞台是一场批判内幕运动，它试图通过揭露神学信息和促进理性批判论证来使神学民主化，这种做法在韩国新教教会中被边缘化。
{"title":"Punching Korean Protestantism: Challenging from within through a Televised Theological Roundtable","authors":"S. Hong","doi":"10.1353/JKR.2016.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JKR.2016.0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Little attention has been given to religious television that counters dominant views within the same tradition. In this paper, I examine a South Korean TV show as a ‘‘mediated critical insider movement’’ that challenges mainstream Protestant Christianity in South Korea. Naensi Raeng ŭi sinhak p’ŏnch’i (Nancy Lang’s Theology Punch), with its incisive questioning of taken-for-granted beliefs, critically engages dominant Korean Protestant discourses. While it debunks some of the popular teachings in the Church, the show also disseminates discussions and debates from diverse theological perspectives. By analyzing the show, and through interviews with some of its producing agents and invited guest theologians, I argue that this mediated arena is a critical-insider movement that attempts to democratize theology by exposing theological information and promoting rational-critical argumentation, a practice that is marginalized in the Korean Protestant Church.","PeriodicalId":42017,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Korean Religions","volume":"7 1","pages":"121 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JKR.2016.0012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66448508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Korean Popular Beliefs by Yong Bhum Yi et al. (review)","authors":"Dong Kyu Kim","doi":"10.1353/JKR.2016.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JKR.2016.0015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42017,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Korean Religions","volume":"7 1","pages":"179 - 182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JKR.2016.0015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66448632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The purpose of this paper is show the systematic significance and function that the concept of history has in Ham Sŏkhŏn’s philosophy. Even though he was not the first philosopher of history in modern Korea, Ham enthusiastically presented and argued for the dynamic operation of the goal (telos) and force which he calls ‘‘Ssi-al’’—the anonymous grassroots in the context of Korean history. In particular, the notion of suffering plays an important role in his teleological thinking, not by imposing a pessimistic outlook but rather as an integral part of the historical mission assigned to the Korean people. In the second part of the paper, I discuss how Ham applies these fundamental categories to the various phases of the historical development in Korea.
{"title":"Ham Sŏkhŏn and the Rise of the Dynamistic Philosophy of History in Korea","authors":"Halla Kim","doi":"10.1353/JKR.2016.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JKR.2016.0014","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is show the systematic significance and function that the concept of history has in Ham Sŏkhŏn’s philosophy. Even though he was not the first philosopher of history in modern Korea, Ham enthusiastically presented and argued for the dynamic operation of the goal (telos) and force which he calls ‘‘Ssi-al’’—the anonymous grassroots in the context of Korean history. In particular, the notion of suffering plays an important role in his teleological thinking, not by imposing a pessimistic outlook but rather as an integral part of the historical mission assigned to the Korean people. In the second part of the paper, I discuss how Ham applies these fundamental categories to the various phases of the historical development in Korea.","PeriodicalId":42017,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Korean Religions","volume":"7 1","pages":"149 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JKR.2016.0014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66448609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article highlights an aspiration specific to Seoul that is projected onto, experienced, and contested by North Korean refugee-migrants who have recently arrived by way of China in this capitalist city of a divided Korea. I pay particular attention to the role of the evangelical Protestant Church in the process of subjectification of these migrant individuals and the performative rituals by which they negotiate religious-political aspirations toward the future. The bodily-spiritual transformation of individual North Korean migrants into Christians is not strictly teleological and is more complicated, ambivalent, and diversified. By comparing two distinctive North Korean migrant activities—the balloon leaflet campaigns and the With-U music concerts and activities—this article discusses the efficacies of the performative rituals of violence and peace that contest and constitute the particular religious-political aspirations in the context of late-Cold War Seoul.
{"title":"The Religious-Political Aspirations of North Korean Migrants and Protestant Churches in Seoul","authors":"Jin-Heon Jung","doi":"10.1353/JKR.2016.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JKR.2016.0013","url":null,"abstract":"This article highlights an aspiration specific to Seoul that is projected onto, experienced, and contested by North Korean refugee-migrants who have recently arrived by way of China in this capitalist city of a divided Korea. I pay particular attention to the role of the evangelical Protestant Church in the process of subjectification of these migrant individuals and the performative rituals by which they negotiate religious-political aspirations toward the future. The bodily-spiritual transformation of individual North Korean migrants into Christians is not strictly teleological and is more complicated, ambivalent, and diversified. By comparing two distinctive North Korean migrant activities—the balloon leaflet campaigns and the With-U music concerts and activities—this article discusses the efficacies of the performative rituals of violence and peace that contest and constitute the particular religious-political aspirations in the context of late-Cold War Seoul.","PeriodicalId":42017,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Korean Religions","volume":"7 1","pages":"123 - 148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JKR.2016.0013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66448569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
terms as popular religion or folk beliefs, the author (Walraven) examines the contextual meaning of these terms in Korean history. According to him, these terms acquire meaning only when there is a social differentiation which emerges along with the ‘‘introduction of culture from abroad (204)’’ such as ‘‘great tradition.’’ However, the point of this chapter is that certain popular beliefs, originating from social distinction, often ‘‘managed to latch on’’ (205) to the ‘‘great tradition.’’ Walraven supports this idea by describing how the cult of Guan Yu (pronounced Kwan U in Korean), initiated by the government was ‘‘hijacked by the general population’’ (216) during the Chosŏn dynasty, thus showing the historicity and flexibility of popular beliefs. This informative book provides an excellent introduction to Korean popular beliefs. Therefore it can be used as a textbook for university students in Korean Studies programs or East Asian Studies and general readers who are interested in Korean religious culture.
{"title":"God Pictures in Korean Contexts: The Ownership and Meaning of Shaman Paintings by Laurel Kendall, Jongsung Yang, and Yul Soo Yoon (review)","authors":"B. Walraven","doi":"10.1353/jkr.2016.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jkr.2016.0016","url":null,"abstract":"terms as popular religion or folk beliefs, the author (Walraven) examines the contextual meaning of these terms in Korean history. According to him, these terms acquire meaning only when there is a social differentiation which emerges along with the ‘‘introduction of culture from abroad (204)’’ such as ‘‘great tradition.’’ However, the point of this chapter is that certain popular beliefs, originating from social distinction, often ‘‘managed to latch on’’ (205) to the ‘‘great tradition.’’ Walraven supports this idea by describing how the cult of Guan Yu (pronounced Kwan U in Korean), initiated by the government was ‘‘hijacked by the general population’’ (216) during the Chosŏn dynasty, thus showing the historicity and flexibility of popular beliefs. This informative book provides an excellent introduction to Korean popular beliefs. Therefore it can be used as a textbook for university students in Korean Studies programs or East Asian Studies and general readers who are interested in Korean religious culture.","PeriodicalId":42017,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Korean Religions","volume":"7 1","pages":"182 - 185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/jkr.2016.0016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66448680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ful and led to interest from art dealers, but has not yet resulted in the inclusion of the paintings in regular art museums or their official recognition as a form of Korean tangible heritage. The combined efforts of these three scholars have produced a nicely illustrated book that combines theoretical sophistication with fascinating ethnographic detail and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the material aspects of religion. It may also be a spur to systematically extend a similar approach to other objects used in Korean shamanic ritual, such as musical instruments (e.g. drums, hand bells, cymbals), or the razor-sharp straw-cutters on which the shamans stand when the shamans possessed by a deity deliver their oracles. The latter will be honed before the ritual by an assistant, but as powerful numinous objects should not be touched by an outsider. All these objects are also supposed to possess potential power, over both humans and the spirit world.
{"title":"Chugŭm ŭl nŏmŏsŏ: sun’gyoja Yi Suni ŭi okchung p’yŏnji by 정병설 Chŏng Pyŏngsŏl (review)","authors":"D. Torrey","doi":"10.1353/JKR.2016.0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JKR.2016.0017","url":null,"abstract":"ful and led to interest from art dealers, but has not yet resulted in the inclusion of the paintings in regular art museums or their official recognition as a form of Korean tangible heritage. The combined efforts of these three scholars have produced a nicely illustrated book that combines theoretical sophistication with fascinating ethnographic detail and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the material aspects of religion. It may also be a spur to systematically extend a similar approach to other objects used in Korean shamanic ritual, such as musical instruments (e.g. drums, hand bells, cymbals), or the razor-sharp straw-cutters on which the shamans stand when the shamans possessed by a deity deliver their oracles. The latter will be honed before the ritual by an assistant, but as powerful numinous objects should not be touched by an outsider. All these objects are also supposed to possess potential power, over both humans and the spirit world.","PeriodicalId":42017,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Korean Religions","volume":"7 1","pages":"185 - 188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JKR.2016.0017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66448692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Western missionaries arrived in Korea decades before the Japanese annexation of 1910, and they established a major presence before the advent of colonial rule. The missionaries initially clashed with the colonial state over state intervention in their religious affairs. Through a series of confrontations, the missionaries eventually gained key concessions which allowed them to expand their presence in Korea, especially in the cities of Pyongyang and Seoul. The reasons why Christian organizations flourished under Japanese colonial rule are often attributed to their nationalist reputation gained through the March First Movement, but this line of analysis tends to provide an incomplete picture. Through a careful examination of the process by which the Western missionaries became institutionalized in the colonial order through the pursuit of education, medicine, and other forms of ‘‘social work,’’ we may better understand the dynamics between state and religion in colonial Korea
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This article examines the contemporary surge in young South Koreans’ interest in and engagement with the Buddhist community of the Jungto Society. Meaning ‘‘Pure Land,’’ the Jungto Society is a Buddhist organization established in 1988 by Ven. Pomnyun. For three years the authors participated in diverse activities offered by the Jungto Society and conducted in-depth interviews with 40 young Jungto practitioners. Today’s young Koreans are exposed to the harsh reality of high youth unemployment, which threatens to deny them the normative stages of life, including a secure job, marriage, and family. They face constant stress and depression as they endure the ‘‘burn-out cycle of life’’ in a highly competitive education environment and job market. This article interprets Jungto Society’s social messages, practices, and teachings to analyze the critical juncture between this popular Buddhist community and the social conditions of young Korean people’s lives. In doing so, this article analyzes how the young practitioners interpret Buddhist teachings, including the concept of the middle way, dependent origination, and renunciation to strive to establish certainty within their precarious and competitive lives, and to transform their identities. This article shows how young Koreans engage Buddhism for the formation of the curative self in terms of perception, affect, and practice amidst their radical identification as religious practitioners.
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