| Syncretism: The Religious Context of Christian Beginnings in Korea Contributor(s): Chung, David (Author), Oh, Kang-Nam (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791449416 ISBN-13: 9780791449417 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - History | Asia - Korea |
| Dewey: 275.190 |
| LCCN: 00041985 |
| Series: Suny Korean Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.18" W x 9.25" (1.08 lbs) 278 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Korean - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |