Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites: New Interpretive Approaches - Couverture rigide

Park, Chang-Won

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1441117490 ISBN 13 : 9781441117496

Editeur : Continuum Publishing Corporation, 2010

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Chang-Won Park is Research Fellow of both the Centre for Death and Life Studies at Durham University, UK, and the Institute for the Study of Religion at Sogang University, South Korea.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1441117490
• ISBN 13: 9781441117496
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Oliver Edwards; https://strengholt.nl/en/; ; 22 Liuleburgaz Str., floor 4, app. 9; Plovdiv; 4000; Bulgarie