Trial and Error in Modernist Reforms
Korean Buddhism under Colonial Rule
Published on 1. November 2009
168 pages
978-1-55729-163-9 (ISBN)
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This book examines the Korean Buddhist reform movement and how the modern construct of Buddhism developed under colonial rule. Park argues that Korean Buddhists reconstructed Buddhism as socially active and nationally viable by responding to, negotiating with, and resisting the influence of Western modernity and the Japanese colonial government. The need to survive led to an expansion of Korean Buddhism into social realms; simultaneously, the new enterprise created difficulty in maintaining monastic traditions. This situation provides a case study of Buddhist adaptation and struggle to develop forms of "modernity" in a colonial context.
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Pori Park is associate professor of religious studies at Arizona State University. Her research examines the intersection between Buddhism, colonialism, modernity, nationalism, and globalization. She is the author of Trial and Error in Modernist Reforms: Korean Buddhism under Colonial Rule (IEAS, 2009).Education: Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles
Content
Acknowledgments - vii
Introduction - 1
- 1. Rebound: From Oppression to Emulation of New Models - 14
- 2. Caught In-Between: Korean Reactions to Japanese Buddhism and Colonial Policies on Buddhism - 34
- 3. Modernizing Buddhism: Buddhist Reforms before the March First Movement - 48
- 4. Confusion, Compromise, and Resistance: Buddhist Reforms after the March First Movement - 69
- 5. A Vision for Social Salvation: Han Yongun's Integration of Son and Kyo - 94
Epilogue - 118
Appendix 1: Major Events in Modern Korean Buddhism and Chronology of Han Yongun's Life - 126
Appendix 2: Table of Contents of the Treatise on the Reformation of Korean Buddhism (Choson Pulgyo yusillon) - 130
Appendix 3A: Table of Contents of the Great Texts of Buddhism (Pulgyo taejon) - 131
Appendix 3B: Table of Contents of the Holy Texts of Buddhism (Bukkyo seiten) - 134
Bibliography - 136
Glossary-Index - 148
