• 대순사상논총
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• 제17권
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• pp.113-134
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• 2004

According to Hans Kippenberg, the foundation of an academic study of religions coincided with the beginnings of modernization. Since the second half of the nineteenth century most European countries were involved in a process of rapid social change. The repercussions that this had for daily life were momentous. Instead of working for their traditional needs, people now had to produce goods for a market. Old customs ceded to private contracts and political laws. The superior knowledge of science replaced the inherited worldview. This deep changed severed societies from their ties to the past. Many educated people in Europe believed in an imminent end of all religions. Had not the scientific progress superseded the religious worldview? Historians had to come to terms with that expectation when they directed their attention to historical religions. Friedrich Max Muller introduced a new science, so-called Religionswissenschaft through the study of the ancient Vedic sources. He thought that genuine religion was a taste for, and sense of, the infinite. From his point of view, the Indian sources confirm that nature is more than mechanical laws. Thus his interpretation sought to contradict the materialist ideology of his day. Edward Burnett Tylor described religions as a kind of natural philosophy. His notion of 'soul' functioned to explain natural events. This legacy of the past cannot be missed even in modern society. Only the concept of the soul may preserve human dignity in an age of materialism. Gerardus van der Leeuw, also tried to perform the same function of the cultural critique for the renewal of the religious imagination in modern, rationalized Europe imprisoned in the iron-cage. In this respect, we could think that the interpretations of the history of the History of Religions in the light of the intellectual history are very suggestive for the korean student of religion. It helps them to describe the early history of the study of religion in Korea. For example, Yi Neung Wha(李能和) is regarded as 'a father of korean religious studies, but no one could present a proper answer for the question of why and through which connection of his intellectual milieu he was interested in the religious history and the study of religion. We would discover its signification in his confrontation of the prevailing social thought, such as social evolutionism.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.43-56
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• 1997

This thesis is a study on the properties of new religious ritual dress in Korea to help understand new religions more completely. A new religion means 'Newly born religions'and it is an opposite conception of the existing religion. The new religions in Korea have been established, changed and become extinct beginning with 'Dong-Hak'movement by Choi Jea Woo in 1860. Sometimes they've caused social problems with their number increasing after the rapid industrialization in 1970's. There are about 350 new religions and 2,000,000 christians in Korea now. Some of theme are pseudo religions wearing the mask of religion and also there are great new religions that will contribute to our spiritual history. The latter shows the thoughtful properties of the union of religion, postnatal creation, nation's independence, and human's centralization. There are properties of pluralism, nation's independence, symbolism, and thoughts in a new religious ritul dress.

• 대순사상과 동아시아종교
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.129-151
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• 2023

The concept of interfaith harmony is one of the key issues for discussion in this contemporary world. It has multifaceted implications that range from pedagogical realms to global policy making. Here we focus on the basic concepts of interfaith harmony from Sikh and Cao Dai perspectives in order to address their viewpoints in regard to promoting culture of Peace and Understanding. Although these religions are new as compared to the existing living religions of the world, they found their new identity in the history of world religions for their unique concepts of interfaith harmony. In this article, the concept of interfaith harmony has been analyzed from two perspectives such as theological and socio-historical. For a systematic understanding of the subject matter, it has been categorized into three subpoints; unity of God, unity of religions and unity of humanity. Methodologically, the qualitative methodological framework of the proposed research is descriptive in nature. Thus, the present research has been primarily conducted by using secondary sources, although the crucial information is collected from primary sources such as the sacred texts of Sikhism and Caodaism. Since this study is done considering the social, political and religious contexts of India and Vietnam, it can contribute to the understanding of the nature of interfaith harmony in South and South-East Asia.

• 한국철학논집
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• 제52호
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• pp.243-280
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• 2017

19~20세기 초 한국에는 다양한 종교운동이 분출하였다. 서구 기독교가 유입하여 크게 성장하였고, 전통 유교 역시 종교로서 변화를 모색했다. 동시에 새로운 종교들도 나타났는데 대표적인 것이 동학(천도교), 대종교, 증산교, 원불교의 민족종교이다. 대체로 이들 민족종교는 한국의 전통적 종교성과 연관된 한국 정신문화와 깊은 관련이 있다. 본 연구에서는 민족종교 속에 내재한 한국 정신문화를 추론해 보고자 한다. 이를 위해 먼저 한국 전통의 정신문화인 단군신화, 제천의식, 소도 등과 외래문화와 한국 정신의 융합을 추구한 최치원, 원효, 일연, 이황 등의 철학을 경천사상, 실천사상, 조화사상 등으로 정리하고, 이후 민족종교인 동학, 원불교, 증산교에서 이들이 어떻게 발현되는지를 추론하고자 한다.

• 대순사상논총
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• 제17권
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• pp.151-171
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• 2004

TAKAHASHI Toru (1878-1967) was one of the most significant Koreanologists in Japanese academic field. He was a professor of Kyeongseong Imperial University in the prewar period and Tenri University (department of Korean studies) in the postwar period. He was majored in Korean intellectual history and literature. His achievements, especially on Korean Confucianism and Buddhism, are still referred and influential. He wrote two pamphlets published by department of education of the Government-General of Korea in 1920. This year was a year after of 3.1 Independent Demonstration. This riot might have demanded Japanese governors to survey about Korean mentality and characteristics. One of outcomes was Chousenjin (Korean People). The pamphlet tried to explain the Korean character in the perspective of a essentialism in Korean race. The other was a simple outline about history of Korean religions entitled Chousen shukyoushi ni arawaretaru sinkou no tokushoku (The characteristics of faith in the history of Korean religions). He explained that Korean religions, especially its Buddhism, were easily influenced by political condition. These pamphlets seemed to be typically colonialistic, since such negative characteristics of Korean made Japanese colonial rule legitimated as the Mission of civilization and enlightenment. His discourses synchronized with the desire of Japanese Imperialism. This article attempted to analyze his discourses in the perspective of postcolonial critics and sociology of knowledge.

• 대순사상논총
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• 제22권
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• pp.317-344
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• 2014

There are many modern elements in religions appeared in the early Korean modern era. From the nationalism perspective, most religions had tendencies toward anti-feudalism and anti-foreign power. Pak Eun Sik(朴殷植) emphasized the importance to explain those religions as the National Religion in his writing 《Korea Painful History(韓國痛史)》. That is, he realized those as one of Korean spirits or souls keeping Korean identities like the Jew's Judaism or the Turk's Islam. In the paper, I try to analyze religions on Kang Jeung San(姜甑山) with Daesoonjinri-hoe as the central figure from Pak's perspective. In the early Korean modern era when Kang went his own the Savior way, Korea and its society got into uncontrollable confusion because of strong demands both of a feudal-state breaking and against pillaging foreign-power especially Japan. For all countries of the world, it is difficult to change from a feudal state into the modern nation state to keep existing society order. Because the reformation under old social systems means the incomplete reformation. So in this era new religions showed the neglected class of people the vision of new society. Meanwhile Korean society try to become a modern state, and now became a recognized modern state in international society. But it is still insufficient to debate on groups and their roles for Korea modernity in that time especially new religions. Since Korea independence, new religions including Daesoonjinrihoe have not receive good reviews because of a certain religion group expansion and the government's regulation and control toward new religions. Till today, I think, Independence Movement as well as reform of modern awareness have not relatively receive reasonable reviews. So I hope to serve as a momentum that in early Korea modern era new religions receive reasonable and positive reviews.

• 대순사상논총
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• 제21권
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• pp.409-452
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• 2013

This paper aims to cast light on the theoretical characteristics of Korean new religions' utopian theory from the perspective of theology and apply the findings to the utopian theory of the new religions in Korea. The utopian theory of the new religions in Korea occurred to meet people's aspiration towards a new world on the background of the national ordeal and its consequential psychology in the late Chosun dynasty. As a result, it has the characteristics of a shift from a pure religious framework to participation in reality to realize religious ideals 'right here, right now'. Thus, it basically defined an utopian theory as the product of a society and history, and explained the utopian theory as the projection of the thoughts about current conflicts. However, an approach in this way may leave the likelihood that the individual characteristics of Daesoonjinrihoe would be overlooked and the utopian theory would be limited to the byproduct of the age, only. Thus, this paper has dealt with the religious experience of the founders as the lead of discussion, not a sociological approach. In this context, the religious experience of founders can be more significant clues to view the characteristics of an utopian theory. This directivity of a study can be understood as an attempt to improve the previous sociological methodologies, the leading discourses, and to contribute to the different perspectives on an understanding of the utopian theories of Daesoonjinrihoe. Furthermore, this paper is anticipated to give salience to the individual characteristics reflected in the new religions in Korea and to enhance its status in the history of thoughts, not as the trend of the thought limited to the past.

• 대순사상논총
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• 제16권
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• pp.87-103
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• 2003

Religions have the characteristics ultimately to solve the problems of human beings. These religions are externally expressed through the behaviors called rituals and contain substantially symbolic meanings. A ritual is a kind of transcendental experiences and infinite experience conducted in the reality and formalizes external behaviors in front of the presence of holy subject. Therefore, there is no religion without rituals. However, there are insignificant differences between religions or sects in performing rituals. The purpose of a ritual for human beings who have access to the holy world and this world is to keep their balances not to excessively indulge in this world. Moreover, a ritual plays the role to exercise strict control over the daily life of religious people who are in the holy world but easily tend to be accustomed to force of habit. These rituals are closely related to belief. Belief(Conviction) is one of core elements of religion. Belief as the unique activity among various behaviors of human beings illustrates another characteristics of human beings. The common efforts in the history of mankind to overcome cultural or geographical differences through existing religions can be represented by belief, that is, the faith. On the basis of background described above, this study aims to identify the meaning of rituals and dynamic structure of belief as examining the rituals of Daesoonjinrihoe.

• 대순사상과 동아시아종교
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.171-173
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• 2022

• 한국철학논집
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• 제58호
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• pp.201-243
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• 2018

한 종교의 죽음에 관한 이론을 살피는 작업은 바로 그 종교의 정체성과 그 특징을 읽어내기 위한 필수불가결의 과정이다. 또한 죽음관을 살펴보는 일은 인간 자신의 실제적인 삶의 문제에 종교가 어떻게 직접적으로 영향을 미치며 관여해 왔는지, 또 관여하고 있는지, 앞으로도 어떻게 관여할 것인지, 그 중요한 단초를 보여준다는 점에서도 의미가 크다. 이 연구에서는 증산계 신종교의 죽음관과 유교, 도교의 죽음관을 비교 분석해보았다. 이들 간의 죽음관의 비교를 거쳐 증산계 신종교와 유교, 도교의 죽음관의 유사성과 차이점을 드러내 보고자 하였다. 이를 통해 증산계 신종교의 종교적 특성과 정체성을 밝히고, 아울러 사회적 역할과 기능을 확인하는 것이 이 연구의 목적이다. 증산계 신종교는 인간이 사후에 어떻게 된다고 보는가? 이 물음은 사후에 인간이 어떤 모습으로 존재하게 되는지? 사후에도 동일한 정체성을 유지하는지? 가족과의 관계가 어떻게 되는 것인지? 어떤 일을 하게 되며 어떤 일을 겪게 되는 것인지? 윤회 또는 환생을 하는지? 등의 여러 문제를 함축한다. 이를 하나씩 유교 도교와 비교하여 살펴보았다. 이 연구는 기본적으로는 비교종교학적 방법으로 진행되었다. 죽음에 대한 설명은 죽음을 대면하는 개인의 심리적 의식을 해명하는 심리학적 층차, 인간 개념에 대한 철학적 이해를 통해 죽음을 해명하는 철학-종교적 층차, 죽음을 처리하는 사회적 의례의 분석을 통해 죽음의 사회문화적 의미를 해명하는 사회학적(문화론적) 층차 등 세 층차에서 살펴볼 수 있다. 이 논문에서는 유교와 도교 그리고 증산계 신종교의 죽음관에 대해 철학적 층차에 중점을 두면서 문화론적 의미도 함께 비교 검토해보았다. 증산계 신종교 죽음관을 이해하는데 있어서 그것을 구성하는 핵심 요소들인 혼(魂), 백(魄), 신(神), 영(靈), 선(仙)에 대한 설명이 필수불가결하다. 증산계 신종교의 죽음관에는 수용과 극복이라는 중층성이 있다. 이 연구에서는 유교 도교와의 비교를 통해 이들 선행연구의 문제점과 한계점들에 대한 보완 작업을 시도해 보았다. 이러한 과정을 통해서 증산계 신종교 죽음관의 핵심적 요소들을 좀 더 분명히 드러내 보이고자 하였고, 그 특징을 하나하나 밝혀내 보고자 하였다. 이와 같은 죽음관에 대한 좀 더 선명하고 체계적인 논의를 바탕으로 앞으로 죽음의례, 시신 처리, 장례 문제, 죽음 교육, 안락사, 자살 문제를 포함하는 임종의 문제, 지옥의 문제, 죽음을 맞이하는 사람의 심리 문제, 개벽시대 죽은 이들의 부활 문제 등을 논점으로 해서 증산계 신종교 죽음관의 내용들을 좀 더 구체적으로 더 추출할 수 있게 될 것이다.