- 저자
- Choi Joon-sik 지음 | tr. by Lee Kyong-hee 옮김
- 발행일
- 2007-11-28
- 정가
- 15,000원
- 판형
- 125x180 (Hard Cover)
- 분량
- 180쪽
- 언어
- 영어
- ISBN
- 9788973007585 판매중
- 책 소 개
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Understanding Buddhism is essential to understanding Korean culture. Some 70 percent of the extant Korean cultural treasures are Buddhist legacies clearly reflecting how deeply Buddhism is entrenched as more than a religion to most Koreans.
This book is an easy-to-read general introduction to how Buddhism developed and spread to Korea. The author traces Buddhism’s profound influence in China, Japan and Southeast Asia as well as in Korea and how it contributes to the cultural interaction of East and West today.
Part I provides historical background and teachings of Buddhism and a brief life story of the historical Buddha. Part II explains how Buddhism evolved into a major religion by recounting the development of early monasteries and the Mahayana school which characterizes the Northern Buddhism followed in Korea. Part III focuses on how Korean Buddhism differs from Chinese and Japanese Buddhism.
- 저자소개
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지은이 : Choi Joon-sik
Prof. Choi received a B.A. in Korean history from Sogang University in Seoul, and a Ph.D. in religious studies from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1988.
He has been a professor of Korean studies at Ewha Womans University since 1992. His major research interests are religious and socio-cultural studies and the arts in Korea. He currently chairs the board of directors of the EduPerformance Group for the Korean Arts, and is president of the Korean Association of Thanatology.
Published works:
Do Koreans Have Culture? (1997)
Understanding Koreans Religions through Cultural Prism Ⅰ, Ⅱ&Ⅲ (1998, 2004)
Aesthetics of Korea: Art of Spontaneity (2000)
Why Do Koreans Reject Being Squeezed into a pattern? (2002)
The Religion Beyond Religion (2005)
Soul in Seoul (2005)
Koreans and Korean Culture (co-authored, 1999)
The 12 UNESCO World Heritage Relics in Korea (co-authored, 2002)
People Who Make the Great Beginning (compiled, 1998)
What is Taoism? (translated, 1990)
Religious Psychology Ⅰ&Ⅱ (translated, 1993)
On Life After Death (translated, 2002)
엮음이 : tr. by Lee Kyong-hee
Graduated from the English Department, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Cultural reporter of The Korea Times
Managing editor of the ASPA Quarterly of Cultural and Social Affairs
Cultural editor, managing editor-in-chief of The Korea Herald
Executive director of the Seoul English Village
Editor of Korea Focus
Other works include:
Korean Culture: Legacies and Lore
World Heritage in Korea
Royal Costumes of the Late Choson Period (translation)
Royal Ancestral Shrine of the Choson Dynasty (translation)
Genre Pictures of Korea (translation)
Korean Mask Dance (translation)
Korean Travel Literature (translation)
- 차 례
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Buddhism and Koreans
The Past and Present of Buddhism
Ⅰ.What is Buddhism?
Who was the Buddha?
What Did the Buddha Teach?
Ⅱ, Evolution of Buddhism
Formation of Sangha and the Buddha’s Passing
Early Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism: Its Origin and Characteristics
Northern Buddhism
Ⅲ. Development if Korean Buddhism
Buddhism: The Essence of Korean Religious Culture
Some Prominent Features of Contemporary Korean Buddhism
Epilogue
Index