Paul Beirne

Su-un and His World of Symbols (eBook, ePUB)

The Founder of Korea's First Indigenous Religion

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Su-un and His World of Symbols explores the image which Choe Che-u (Su-un), the founder of Donghak (Eastern Learning) Korea's first indigenous religion, had of himself as a religious leader and human being. Exploring the two symbols which Su-un created and used to disseminate his religion, and the two books of Scripture which he composed, this book breaks new ground by presenting the only major work in English which attempts to ascertain the image Su-un had of himself as the prototype of a new kind of religious leader in Korea, and by extension, East Asia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317047490
• Artikelnr.: 44873303

Autorenporträt

Paul Beirne is Dean and Professor of Comparative Religion at the Melbourne College of Divinity. He lived and studied in South Korea for fifteen years, and has undertaken research on the Donghak/Cheondo-gyo religion since 1991. He has visited many of the religion's sacred sites (to which he had unrestricted entry). His contacts within the Cheondo-gyo organization made available to him a wide range of historical resources and rare archival material which provided vital insight into the mind and the heart of Su-un and his religious odyssey.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Materials and Method
Chapter 2 Su-un's Life and Times
Chapter 3 Su-un's Encounter with the Lord of Heaven
Chapter 4 The Mystical Talisman
Chapter 5 The Sacred Incantation
Chapter 6 Su-un's Final Self-image
Chapter 7 Haewol and the Unity of All Creation
Chapter 8 Su-un's Legacy
Chapter 9 Donghak/Cheondo-gyo in Historical Perspective