The Korean Buddhist Empire: A Transnational History, 1910-1945

by Hwansoo Ilmee Kim

In the first part of the twentieth century, Korean Buddhists, despite living under colonial rule, reconfigured sacred objects, festivals, urban temples, propagation--and even their own identities--to modernize and elevate Korean Buddhism. By focusing on six case studies, this book highlights the centrality of transnational relationships in the transformation of colonial Korean Buddhism. Hwansoo Ilmee Kim examines how Korean, Japanese, and other Buddhists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674987195
• ISBN13: 9780674987197
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.9"