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Practice, Profit, and Public Good: Temple Economies and Social Enterprises in Korean Buddhism

Religions
In contemporary Korea, particularly within the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, temple revenue relies on two primary sources: donations and production activities.
Junghyun Kwon
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The Bhiksuni's Role in Korean Buddhism

JOURNAL OF INDIAN AND BUDDHIST STUDIES (INDOGAKU BUKKYOGAKU KENKYU), 2007
Since Buddhism was transmitted to Korea, Bhiksuni (_??__??__??_) played a social and religious role alongside monks.In the Silla (_??__??_) Dynasty, doyunarang (_??__??__??__??_) who directed the Bhiksuni Samgha (_??__??__??__??__??_) with the rank next to sung tong (_??__??_) who held the highest rank in the Samgha (_??__??_) demonstrating the ...
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Robert T. Oliver: Trailblazer in Intercultural Communication [PDF]

, 2011
Robert T. Oliver was a scholar extraordinaire and a towering figure in rhetoric and public address, but his contributions to the field of intercultural communication are less well known. For over sixty years, Dr.
Shuter, Robert
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THE WAY THE ESCHATOLOGICAL AND MESSIANIC CHRISTIAN VISION OF THE FUTURE CORRELATES WITH THE BUDDHISTIC ONE

Концепт: философия, религия, культура, 2017
Specific features of eschatological, messianic and apocalyptic worldviews of Buddhism about the future, and their differences from Christian ones are being explored in the article. Based on the analysis of the works of domestic and foreign authors, it is
V. Y. Laluev
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Representing Religion in North and South Korea: Seventy-Five Years of the Semiotics of Stamp Design

Religions
As government documents, postage stamps are a rich source of information about a government’s policies on a wide range of subjects. In this article, a comparative semiotic analysis of the first seventy-five years of North and South Korean stamps is used ...
James H. Grayson
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The Growth of Korea Soka Gakkai International (KSGI) and Its Civic Engagement in the Socio-Historical Context

Religions
This paper examines how and why Korea Soka Gakkai International (KSGI) has grown rapidly in the Korean religious market. Although Soka Gakkai was introduced to Korea as a Nichiren Shoshu lay community in the 1960s, KSGI has achieved remarkable growth ...
Kwang Suk Yoo
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The Eagle Phoenix paper [PDF]

The following translation of a calligraphy by the great Korean Zen Master Hyo Bong was sent to us by Ham Wol Sunim, a monk who recently returned to Song Gwang Sa, a famous Korean temple, from New Zealand. He is working on a book about Korean Buddhism for
Hyo Bong Hang Nul Sunim, Zen Master, 1888-1966
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The Common Orientation of Community Psychology and Wonhyo’s Thought: ‘One Mind’, ‘Harmonizing Disputes’ and ‘Non-hindrance’ in Focus

Religions
This study aims to relate the emerging field of community psychology with the philosophical thoughts of Wonhyo, a prominent figure in Korean Buddhism, from the aspect of their common orientation, to explore the development of both Buddhist philosophy and
Taesoo Kim, Dugsam Kim
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"Upgrading" Buddhism? Methods from the Business World in South Korean Buddhism

The Review of Korean Studies, 2015
Far from being limited to social scientists, the market approach to religions has been widely adopted by religious actors as well, sometimes in a very explicit way. With an ethnographic methodology, this research analyzes how Buddhist organizations in South Korea are implementing business concepts and methods in temples with the aim of increasing their
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Surveying Buddhist Cultural Heritage Lost During the Korean War

Religions
For the half-century following the armistice halting the Korean War (1950–1953), the immense loss of Korea’s Buddhist cultural heritage during the conflict has remained largely unexamined by scholars and historians, not only because of the topic’s ...
Cheonghwan Park, Kyungrae Kim
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