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Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites

New Interpretive Approaches

by Chang-Won Park

  • Hardback
  • 244 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.8 x 23.4 x 2.6 cm

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For scholars interested in religious cultural studies

Examines the blend of traditions in death rituals

You will gain a deeper understanding of Korean rites

Explore the unique fusion of Christian and Confucian death rites in Korea.

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This is the pioneering study of the fascinating blending of Christian and Confucian traditions in Korea before, at and after death. "Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites" examines the cultural encounter of Confucianism and Christianity with particular reference to death rites in Korea. As its overarching interpretive framework, this book employs the idea of the 'total social phenomenon', a concept first introduced by the French anthropologist Marcel Mauss (1872-1950). From the perspective of the total social phenomenon, this book utilizes a combination of theological, historical, sociological and anthropological approaches, and explores Korean death rites by classifying them into three categories: ritual before death (Bible copying), ritual at death (funerary rites), and ritual after death (ancestral ritual). It focuses on Christian practices as they epitomize the complex interplay of Confucianism and Christianity. By drawing on a total social phenomenon approach to the empirical case of Korean death rites, Chang-Won Park contributes to the advancement of theory and method in religious studies.This groundbreaking new series offers original reflections on theory and method in the study of religions, and demonstrates new approaches to the way religious traditions are studied and presented. Studies published under its auspices look to clarify the role and place of Religious Studies in the academy, but not in a purely theoretical manner. Each study will demonstrate its theoretical aspects by applying them to the actual study of religions, often in the form of frontier research.
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  • Author

    Chang-Won Park

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    June 2010

  • Weight

    518g

  • Page Count

    244

  • Dimensions

    15.8 x 23.4 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781441117496

  • ISBN-10

    1441117490

  • Eden Code

    2956137

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