Jin Y. Park (Bak Jin-yeong 박진영 / 朴眞暎)

The first book in English devoted exclusively to modern Korean Buddhism, this work provides a comprehensive exploration for scholars, students, and serious readers. Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism focuses on three key areas: Buddhist reform, Zen revival, and the interrelationship of religion, history, and politics. In Korea, the modern period in Buddhism begins in earnest in the late nineteenth century, during the closing years of the Chosŏn dynasty, which was characterized by a repressive brand of neo-Confucianism. Buddhist reformers arose to seek change in both Buddhism and Korean society at large. The work begins with a look at five of these reformers and their thought and work. The Zen revival that began at the end of the nineteenth century is covered from that period to contemporary times through an exploration of the life and thought of important Zen masters. The influence of Japanese Buddhist missionaries, the emergence of Korean engaged Buddhism, known as Minjung Buddhism, and the formation of modern Buddhist scholarship in Korea are discussed as well.

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Introduction: Buddhism and Modernity in Korea
Jin Y. Park

PART ONE: Modernity, Colonialism, and Buddhist Reform

1. Individual Salvation and Compassionate Action: The Life and Thoughts of Paek Yongsŏng
Woosung Huh

2. A Korean Buddhist Response to Modernity: Manhae Han Yongun’s Doctrinal Reinterpretation of His Reformist Thought
Pori Park

3. Sot’aesan’s Creation of Won Buddhism through the Reformation of Korean Buddhism
Bongkil Chung

4. Yi Nŭnghwa, Buddhism, and the Modernization of Korea: A Critical Review
Jongmyung Kim

5. Gendered Response to Modernity: Kim Iryŏp and Buddhism
Jin Y. Park

PART TWO: Revival of Zen Buddhism in Modern Korea

6. Mirror of Emptiness: Th e Life and Times of the Sŏn Master Kyŏnghŏ Sŏngu
Henrik H. SÃ¸rensen

7. Sŏn Master Man’gong and Cogitations of a Colonized Religion
Mu Soeng

8. Sŏn Master Pang Hanam: A Preliminary Consideration of His Thoughts According to the Five Regulations for the Sangha
Patrick R. Uhlmann

9. Zen Master T’oe’ong Sŏngch’ŏl’s Doctrine of Zen Enlightenment and Practice
Woncheol Yun

10. Sŏn Master Daehaeng’s “Doing without Doing”
Chong Go

PART THREE: Religion, History, and Politics

11. The Japanese Missionaries and their Impact on Korean Buddhist Developments (1876–1910)
Vladimir Tikhonov

12. Minjung Buddhism: A Buddhist Critique of the Status Quo—Its History, Philosophy, and Critique
John Jorgensen

13. Formation of Modern Buddhist Scholarship: The Cases of Pak Chonghong and Kim Tonghwa
Sungtaek Cho

Bibliography
Glossary of East Asian Characters
Contributors
Index