Ethnic Religion and Christianity in Korea : The Conversion of the Tangun-kyo's Founder to Christianity

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  • 韓国の民族宗教とキリスト教 : 檀君教教祖のキリスト教改宗をめぐって
  • 韓国の民族宗教とキリスト教--檀君教教組のキリスト教改宗をめぐって
  • カンコク ノ ミンゾク シュウキョウ ト キリストキョウ ダンクン キョウキョ

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On 5 July 1993 Mr. K, the founder of Tangun-kyo, converted to Christianity and dissolved the sect. Tangun-kyo was a Korean ethnic religion established in 1979. It had about four thousand Korean shaman followers, including pakusu-mudan (male possession-type shaman) and secret fortunetellers among statesmen and financiers. The conversion of the Tangun-kyo's founder-who had worshiped Tangun (the founder of Korea) and appealed to the renewal of the Korean national spirit, was a cause celebre not only in the Christian world but also in the religious world of Korea in general. Moreover, the incident also involved the claim that a mudang (Korean female possession-type shaman) had received a revelation from "Hananim" (God) just before K's conversion. The year 1993 is an epoch-making one for Korean Christianity. In my paper I will take up the full account of K's conversion to Christianity, concentrating on his spiritual experiences for the last twenty years. I will also study the religious characteristics of the "Hananim religion" that plays a part in the encounter of Christianity and Korean ethnic religion.

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  • Religion and Society

    Religion and Society 1 (0), 49-76, 1995

    The Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society

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