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@article{ART002931848},
author={Han, Seung-hoon},
title={On the Categories of Religion in Pre-modern Northeast Asia},
journal={Religions of Korea},
issn={1738-3617},
year={2023},
volume={54},
pages={9-36},
doi={10.37860/krel.2023.02.54.9}

TY - JOUR
AU - Han, Seung-hoon
TI - On the Categories of Religion in Pre-modern Northeast Asia
JO - Religions of Korea
PY - 2023
VL - 54
IS - null
PB - The Research Center of Religions
SP - 9
EP - 36
SN - 1738-3617
AB - Previous discussions on the modern concepts of religion in Northeast Asia have been framed in terms of translation or adaptation from the West. However, there is a growing awareness of how indigenous categories impacted the formation of modern conceptions of religion. Drawing on pre-modern texts that describe the religious cultures of cultural others, this paper examines how traditional categories of religion in Northeast Asia have transformed over time. Since ancient times, regional cultures the included various religious phenomena, have been described under the category of 俗 (Kr. sok, Cn. sú, Jp. zoku). Since the Ming and Qing periods, when knowledge of Islam and Christianity increased, the term ‘教’ (Kr. gyo, Cn. jiào, Jp. kyō) was used to designate institutional religions that transcended local boundaries. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the introduction of Western concepts of religion stimulated reflection and reorganization of existing categories. By emphasizing how the categorization of religious boundaries in Northeast Asia should been seen as a result of continuous contact among different cultural others, as well as a categorization of various cultural phenomena, this study refutes the idea that the categorization of religions is unilateral introduction of Western concepts or a rupture from pre-modern times.
KW - concept of religion;cultural other;indigenous category;institutional tradition;regional culture.
DO - 10.37860/krel.2023.02.54.9
ER -

Han, Seung-hoon. (2023). On the Categories of Religion in Pre-modern Northeast Asia. Religions of Korea, 54, 9-36.

Han, Seung-hoon. 2023, "On the Categories of Religion in Pre-modern Northeast Asia", Religions of Korea, vol.54, pp.9-36. Available from: doi:10.37860/krel.2023.02.54.9

Han, Seung-hoon "On the Categories of Religion in Pre-modern Northeast Asia" Religions of Korea 54 pp.9-36 (2023) : 9.

Han, Seung-hoon. On the Categories of Religion in Pre-modern Northeast Asia. 2023; 54 9-36. Available from: doi:10.37860/krel.2023.02.54.9

Han, Seung-hoon. "On the Categories of Religion in Pre-modern Northeast Asia" Religions of Korea 54(2023) : 9-36.doi: 10.37860/krel.2023.02.54.9

Han, Seung-hoon. On the Categories of Religion in Pre-modern Northeast Asia. Religions of Korea, 54, 9-36. doi: 10.37860/krel.2023.02.54.9

Han, Seung-hoon. On the Categories of Religion in Pre-modern Northeast Asia. Religions of Korea. 2023; 54 9-36. doi: 10.37860/krel.2023.02.54.9

Han, Seung-hoon. On the Categories of Religion in Pre-modern Northeast Asia. 2023; 54 9-36. Available from: doi:10.37860/krel.2023.02.54.9

Han, Seung-hoon. "On the Categories of Religion in Pre-modern Northeast Asia" Religions of Korea 54(2023) : 9-36.doi: 10.37860/krel.2023.02.54.9