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Korea – a religious history

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Publisher: , 1989
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This is an historical survey of all the religious traditions of Korea in relation to the socio-cultural trends of seven different periods of Korean history. The book includes a discussion of the history of the study of religion in Korea, a chronological description of Korean folk religion including shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, Islam, and Korean New Religions, and some final observations about the unique characteristics of religious beliefs and practices in Korea.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I Early Korea
Part II The Koryo Dynasty
Part III The Choson Dynasty
Part IV Korea in the Modern Era (1872-2000)
Appendices
A Foundation Myths of the Ancient States
B Religious Statistics and Commentary
List of Figures

Dr James H. Grayson is Reader in Modern Korean Studies in the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield, and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. His research interests are in traditional Korean religion, Korean Christianity and Korean oral folklore.

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