The Korean Buddhist Empire

A Transnational History, 1910–1945

Hwansoo Ilmee Kim

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English

Harvard University, Asia Center
10 September 2018

Asian history; Buddhism; Buddhist worship, rites & ceremonies

Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs

In the first part of the twentieth century, Korean Buddhists, despite living under colonial rule, reconfigured sacred objects, festivals, urban temples, propagation-and even their own identities-to modernize and elevate Korean Buddhism. By focusing on six case studies, this book highlights the centrality of transnational relationships in the transformation of colonial Korean Buddhism.

Hwansoo Ilmee Kim examines how Korean, Japanese, and other Buddhists operating in colonial Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Manchuria, and beyond participated in and were significantly influenced by transnational forces, even as Buddhists of Korea and other parts of Asia were motivated by nationalist and sectarian interests. More broadly, the cases explored in the The Korean Buddhist Empire reveal that, while Japanese Buddhism exerted the most influence, Korean Buddhism was (as Japanese Buddhism was itself) deeply influenced by developments in China, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Europe, and the United States, as well as by Christianity.

By: Hwansoo Ilmee Kim
Imprint: Harvard University, Asia Center
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780674987197
ISBN 10: 0674987195
Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs
Pages: 358
Publication Date: 10 September 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hwansoo Ilmee Kim is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University.