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Hwansoo Ilmee Kim - Empire of the Dharma: Korean and Japanese Buddhism, 1877–1912 - 9780674065758 - V9780674065758
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Empire of the Dharma: Korean and Japanese Buddhism, 1877–1912

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Description for Empire of the Dharma: Korean and Japanese Buddhism, 1877–1912 Hardback. Kim explores the dynamic relationship between Korean and Japanese Buddhists in the years leading up to the Japanese annexation of Korea. Conventional narratives portray Korean Buddhists as complicit in the religious annexation of the peninsula, but this view fails to account for the diverse visions, interests, and strategies that drove both sides. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 19 halftones; 1 black and white illustration; 2 maps; 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJC; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.

Empire of the Dharma explores the dynamic relationship between Korean and Japanese Buddhists in the years leading up to the Japanese annexation of Korea. Conventional narratives cast this relationship in politicized terms, with Korean Buddhists portrayed as complicit in the “religious annexation” of the peninsula. However, this view fails to account for the diverse visions, interests, and strategies that drove both sides.

Hwansoo Ilmee Kim complicates this politicized account of religious interchange by reexamining the “alliance” forged in 1910 between the Japanese Soto sect and the Korean Wonjong order. The author argues that their ties involved not so much political ideology as mutual benefit. Both wished to strengthen Buddhism’s precarious position within Korean society and curb Christianity’s growing influence. Korean Buddhist monastics sought to leverage Japanese resources as a way of advancing themselves and their temples, and missionaries of Japanese Buddhist sects competed with one another to dominate Buddhism on the peninsula. This strategic alliance pushed both sides to confront new ideas about the place of religion in modern society and framed the way that many Korean and Japanese Buddhists came to think about the future of their shared religion.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674065758
SKU
V9780674065758
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About Hwansoo Ilmee Kim
Hwansoo Ilmee Kim is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University.

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