• 대순사상과 동아시아종교
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.17-37
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• 2021

Scholars of new religious movements have emphasized the role of "second founders," such as Judge J.F. Rutherford for the Jehovah's Witnesses, Brigham Young for the Mormons, or Deguchi Onisaburo for Oomoto. They systematize and structure movements often created by the "first founders" with a minimal organization only. The paper argues that the model for the sequence first founder/second founder described by these scholars is the relationship between Jesus and Paul of Tarsus at the origins of Christianity. It proposes a comparison between Jesus of Nazareth and Kang Jeungsan, who established the tradition leading to present-day Daesoon Jinrihoe. It then summarizes the biography of Jo Jeongsan, recognized by Daesoon Jinrihoe as its "second founder" within the same tradition, and discusses the analogies between his connection to the "first founder," Kang Jeungsan, and the connection Paul of Tarsus established with Jesus Christ. The paper considers recent scholarship about Paul, often described as the "New Perspective on Pauline Scholarship." Paul never personally met Jesus Christ, except after the latter's death through a spiritual revelation, just as Jo Jeongsan never met Kang Jeungsan, except after his death, when he manifested himself to him in spirit. Nonetheless, Paul was able to decisively shape the largest branch among the followers of Jesus Christ, just as Jo Jeongsan originated the lineage leading to Daesoon Jinrihoe, currently the largest religious order among those recognizing Kang Jeungsan as the incarnated Supreme God.

• 대순사상논총
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• 제21권
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• pp.409-452
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• 2013

This paper aims to cast light on the theoretical characteristics of Korean new religions' utopian theory from the perspective of theology and apply the findings to the utopian theory of the new religions in Korea. The utopian theory of the new religions in Korea occurred to meet people's aspiration towards a new world on the background of the national ordeal and its consequential psychology in the late Chosun dynasty. As a result, it has the characteristics of a shift from a pure religious framework to participation in reality to realize religious ideals 'right here, right now'. Thus, it basically defined an utopian theory as the product of a society and history, and explained the utopian theory as the projection of the thoughts about current conflicts. However, an approach in this way may leave the likelihood that the individual characteristics of Daesoonjinrihoe would be overlooked and the utopian theory would be limited to the byproduct of the age, only. Thus, this paper has dealt with the religious experience of the founders as the lead of discussion, not a sociological approach. In this context, the religious experience of founders can be more significant clues to view the characteristics of an utopian theory. This directivity of a study can be understood as an attempt to improve the previous sociological methodologies, the leading discourses, and to contribute to the different perspectives on an understanding of the utopian theories of Daesoonjinrihoe. Furthermore, this paper is anticipated to give salience to the individual characteristics reflected in the new religions in Korea and to enhance its status in the history of thoughts, not as the trend of the thought limited to the past.

• 대순사상과 동아시아종교
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.13-32
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• 2023

Both the late 15th-century Unicorn Tapestries now at the Cloisters Museum in New York and Daesoon Jinrihoe's Simudo Paintings present a religious narrative through the symbol of the search for an animal that is then subdued. This is now the prevailing scholarly interpretation of the New York Unicorn Tapestries, with the unicorn representing Jesus Christ, although a concurrent reading alluding to human love cannot be excluded. The article examines the New York Unicorn Tapestries according to their Christological interpretation, rooted in traditions about the unicorn popularized by the German medieval mystic Hildegard of Bingen, although in fact much older. It then discusses the Buddhist iconographic tradition of ox-herding paintings that represents an antecedent for the Simudo Paintings and notes the latter's differences and similarities with the New York Unicorn Tapestries.

• 대순사상과 동아시아종교
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.57-85
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• 2023

The politico-economic waives of Western imperialism and colonialism, along with Christianity, affected East Asia's geopolitical landscape in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. While the Korean people (of the Joseon Dynasty) witnessed the incompetence of Buddhism, Confucianism, and folk religions in maintaining social cohesion with a sense of frustration, the new religious movements (NRMs) emerged to provide altrnative teachings of hope through historical figures like Choe Je-u, Kang Il-sun (or Kang Jeungsan), Na Cheol, and Pak Chungbin. In terms of popularity, colonial Korea (1910-1940) was impressed by the native groups of Cheondogyo (=Donghak), Bocheongyo, and Mugeukdo. Son Byong-hee (1861-1922) was the third leader of the first Korean NRM, but both Cha Gyeong-seok (1880-1936) and Jo Cheol-Je (= Jo Jeongsan) (1895-1958) participated in the post-Jeungsan grassroots movements. How, then, did both of these new religions originate? How did they conceptualise their deities and interpret their teachings differently? What was their policy for national independence? The article explores the socio-religious leaders, historical origin, organizational structure, deities, teaching and doctrines, patriotism, and conflicts of both NRMs in a comparative context. As such, this article argues that they both maintained patriotic characteristics, but that Cha's Bocheongyo community with its ' 60-executives' system (60 bang) failed to manage their internal conflicts effectively. Meanwhile, Jo Cheol-Je of Mugeukdo had the charismatic leadership needed to maintain Mugeukdo, despite being seen as a pseudoreligion under the colonial pressure of Shintoism.

• 한국철학논집
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• 제52호
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• pp.243-280
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• 2017

19~20세기 초 한국에는 다양한 종교운동이 분출하였다. 서구 기독교가 유입하여 크게 성장하였고, 전통 유교 역시 종교로서 변화를 모색했다. 동시에 새로운 종교들도 나타났는데 대표적인 것이 동학(천도교), 대종교, 증산교, 원불교의 민족종교이다. 대체로 이들 민족종교는 한국의 전통적 종교성과 연관된 한국 정신문화와 깊은 관련이 있다. 본 연구에서는 민족종교 속에 내재한 한국 정신문화를 추론해 보고자 한다. 이를 위해 먼저 한국 전통의 정신문화인 단군신화, 제천의식, 소도 등과 외래문화와 한국 정신의 융합을 추구한 최치원, 원효, 일연, 이황 등의 철학을 경천사상, 실천사상, 조화사상 등으로 정리하고, 이후 민족종교인 동학, 원불교, 증산교에서 이들이 어떻게 발현되는지를 추론하고자 한다.

• 대순사상과 동아시아종교
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.171-173
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• 2022

• 대순사상과 동아시아종교
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.111-132
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• 2022

In the 1920s, a new religion emerged in Tay Ninh Province, Southern Vietnam, under the name Caodaism; also known as the Third Universal Salvation of the Great Dao. It is the result of the typical combination of three main religions (Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism). Different ethnic groups populated Tay Ninh, such as Chinese, Khmer, Cham, and Kinh. Additionally, the core principle of Caodaism is known as The Three Religions Returned to the Origin, and it is also expanded as The Five Branches Reunited. The Five Branches are humankind's five ways of self-cultivation: the Way of Humans, the Way of Deities, the Way of Saints, the Way of Immortals, and the Way of Buddhas. Although Caodaism was only founded in 1920, this religion is well known domestically and internationally. This is because Caodaism has a distinctive identity; it is a new religion that advocates a syncretistic combination of essential religious teachings that follow the harmonization and reconciliation between the East and West as well as between the past and present. Moreover, the Tay Ninh Holy See is the most important, first, and largest Cao Dai temple in Vietnam. The temple is located in Tay Ninh Province in southwestern Vietnam. This article aims to introduce the Tay Ninh Holy See as the birthplace of Caodaism and as the largest Cao Dai religious palace, not only in Vietnam but also in other countries that practice Caodaism. A brief overview of Tay Ninh Holy See's origin, history, and planning will be provided. Most importantly, the style of the architecture at the Tay Ninh Holy See will be comprehensively analyzed to shed more light on the meaning of each section and the details of this temple structure.

• 대순사상논총
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• 제46집
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• pp.1-32
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• 2023

이 글의 목적은 2022년 종교 교육과정의 형태와 내용을 비판적으로 성찰하는 데에 있다. 성찰의 관점은 종교 교육과정이 국가교육과정인 이상 모든 고등학생에게 적용될 수 있어야 하고, 공유될 수 있어야 하며, 종교 범주를 활용한 성찰의 장(場)으로 기능해야 한다는 것이다. 이 목적을 위해 제2장에서는 2022년 종교 교육과정의 형태와 내용을 고찰하였다. 형태상으로는 종래 교육과정과 유사하다는 점과 함께, 특히 종교 과목을 '진로선택'에 배치한 근거가 약하다고 지적하였다. 내용상 특징으로는 '종교인 만들기'라는 지향성과 '유사종교'론을 지적하였다. 제3장에서는 내용상 특징 가운데 '종교적 성찰을 통한 종교인 만들기'라는 지향성을 고찰하였다. 그리고 종교인 만들기라는 지향성을 위해, 기존 교육과정의 핵심인 '메타 인지적 기술로서의 성찰' 개념을 '종교적 성찰'로 변형시키고 영성과 종교성 개념을 추가했다는 점 등을 지적하였다. 제4장에서는 내용상 특징 가운데 '종교와 유사종교'의 이분법을 고찰하였다. 이 부분에서는 '유사종교' 개념이 조선총독부의 행정 용어('종교유사의 단체')에 '해롭다는 인식'이 결합된 것이라는 점을 밝혔다. 또한 학교교육에서 '유사종교'를 판별하려는 것이 종교에 대한 조선총독부의 태도를 재생하는 것이고, 교사에게 종교와 유사종교를 판별하는 '자의적' 기준을 만들어 끊임없이 유사종교를 '발명'하게 만들 수 있다는 점을 지적하였다. 결과적으로, 2022년 종교 교육과정이 '종교적 성찰을 통해 종교인을 만들면서 유사종교를 발명하려는 교육과정'이라면, 종교 과목은 '종교를 위한 과목'이라는 시선에서 벗어나기 어렵게 된다. 게다가 이러한 시선이 정당성을 얻게 된다면 향후 사회적 논제는 종교 교육과정이 국가교육과정에 존재해야 하는지의 여부가 될 것으로 예상된다.

• 대순사상논총
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• 제17권
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• pp.113-134
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• 2004

According to Hans Kippenberg, the foundation of an academic study of religions coincided with the beginnings of modernization. Since the second half of the nineteenth century most European countries were involved in a process of rapid social change. The repercussions that this had for daily life were momentous. Instead of working for their traditional needs, people now had to produce goods for a market. Old customs ceded to private contracts and political laws. The superior knowledge of science replaced the inherited worldview. This deep changed severed societies from their ties to the past. Many educated people in Europe believed in an imminent end of all religions. Had not the scientific progress superseded the religious worldview? Historians had to come to terms with that expectation when they directed their attention to historical religions. Friedrich Max Muller introduced a new science, so-called Religionswissenschaft through the study of the ancient Vedic sources. He thought that genuine religion was a taste for, and sense of, the infinite. From his point of view, the Indian sources confirm that nature is more than mechanical laws. Thus his interpretation sought to contradict the materialist ideology of his day. Edward Burnett Tylor described religions as a kind of natural philosophy. His notion of 'soul' functioned to explain natural events. This legacy of the past cannot be missed even in modern society. Only the concept of the soul may preserve human dignity in an age of materialism. Gerardus van der Leeuw, also tried to perform the same function of the cultural critique for the renewal of the religious imagination in modern, rationalized Europe imprisoned in the iron-cage. In this respect, we could think that the interpretations of the history of the History of Religions in the light of the intellectual history are very suggestive for the korean student of religion. It helps them to describe the early history of the study of religion in Korea. For example, Yi Neung Wha(李能和) is regarded as 'a father of korean religious studies, but no one could present a proper answer for the question of why and through which connection of his intellectual milieu he was interested in the religious history and the study of religion. We would discover its signification in his confrontation of the prevailing social thought, such as social evolutionism.

• 대순사상과 동아시아종교
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.145-147
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• 2023