New Perspectives in Modern Korean Buddhism

Hwansoo Ilmee Kim is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University and the author of The Korean Buddhist Empire: A Transnational History, 1910–1945. Jin Y. Park is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at American University. She is the author of Women and Buddhist Philosophy: Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryŏp and the editor of Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism, also published by SUNY Press.

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Introduction
Hwansoo Kim

Part 1: Beyond the Grand Narratives in Zen Buddhism

1. What Do Zen Masters Teach Us Today? The Case of Sŏn Master Hyeam Sŏnggwan
Jin Y. Park

2. Paek Yongsŏng and the Boundaries of Early Modern Korean Buddhism: Historiographical Issues and the Question of Scale
Mark A. Nathan

Part 2: Nuns and Laywomen in Modern Korean Buddhism

3. Lady Ch’ŏn and Modern Korean Buddhism
Hwansoo Kim

4. Experiencing a Different Buddhist Community: Nun Suok’s Travel to Japan and Her Contribution to the Korean Community of Nuns
Eun-su Cho

Part 3: Clerical Celibacy, Marriage, Scandals, and Monastic Rules

5. Rethinking Married Bhikṣu: An Examination of Bhikṣu Ordinations and Clerical Marriage in 1920s Korean Buddhism
Jeongeun Park

6. Flesh in the Closet: The “Secret Wife” in Korean Buddhism
Su Jung Kim

7. Monastic Regulations in Contemporary Korea
Uri Kaplan

Part 4: Secularity, Society, and Politics

8. Han Yongun, Fukuzawa Yukichi, and Questions of Nationalism and Colonialism
Gregory N. Evon

9. Kim Kugyŏng’s Liminal Life: Between Nationalism and Scholarship
Kim Cheonhak

10. Praying in Kangnam and Longing for the Mountains: The Dilemma of Centrality in Contemporary Korean Buddhism
Florence Galmiche

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Contributors
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