Continuity and Transformation
Subtitle: Religious Synthesis in East Asia (Asian Thought and Culture, Vol. 41)
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc
Published: April 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780820448947
Subjects: Biblical Studies - General; Religion; Chondogyo; Ch°æondogyo; Korea; Minjung theology
Description: "Using two nineteenth- and twentieth-century Korean religious developments (Donghak and Minjung The-ology) against the Confucian-Shamanist cultural milieu, Sang Jin Ahn describes religious synthesis as the key to cultural transformation in East Asia. The synthesis involves the melding of the past (various religious traditions) in view of the present (sociohistorical context). From the particular vantage point of one who is thoroughly familiar with Eastern and Western cultures, Dr. Ahn draws a sketch of East Asian religious traditions and then engages in a dialogue with the contemporary global theological trend."--Jacket.