Building the Nation: The Success and Crisis of Korean Civil Religion
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Kim, Andrew Eungi | - |
dc.contributor.author | Connolly, Daniel | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-30T03:05:44Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-30T03:05:44Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2021-06-19 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021-02 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2077-1444 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/49639 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Civil religion refers to a country's beliefs, symbols, and rituals that bolster national unity and strengthen its citizens' sense of identity and belonging. However, the literature on civil religion is divided between those who attribute it to bottom-up cultural spontaneity and those who see it as an ideological top-down construction. Moreover, there has been a relative lack of scholarly attention to Korean civil religion. This paper addresses both issues by arguing that a strong civil religion indeed exists in the country and that it has been an important part of the "nation-building" process since the founding of the Republic of Korea in 1948. The paper highlights how a succession of authoritarian regimes (1948-1987) successfully mobilized a strong civil religion for political purposes. The resulting civil religion targeted economic growth as the national goal to overcome all social ills, focused on the country's ethnic and cultural homogeneity to boost national confidence and pride, exalted its traditional religions, especially Confucianism, as repositories of Korean traditional culture, and rendered sacred meanings to national symbols such as the flag and national anthem. Even after democratization, Korean civil religion remains largely ideological, as the Korean government is heavily involved in framing, planning, sponsoring, and promoting the country's civil religion. Nevertheless, the paper concludes by observing that this civil religion is entering a period of crisis due to political fragmentation among Korean elites and deeply rooted cultural and societal change. | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | MDPI | - |
dc.title | Building the Nation: The Success and Crisis of Korean Civil Religion | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Kim, Andrew Eungi | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/rel12020066 | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-85099867484 | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000623187600001 | - |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | RELIGIONS, v.12, no.2, pp.1 - 27 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | RELIGIONS | - |
dc.citation.title | RELIGIONS | - |
dc.citation.volume | 12 | - |
dc.citation.number | 2 | - |
dc.citation.startPage | 1 | - |
dc.citation.endPage | 27 | - |
dc.type.rims | ART | - |
dc.type.docType | Article | - |
dc.description.journalClass | 1 | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | ahci | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scopus | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Religion | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Religion | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | SOUTH-KOREA | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | STATE | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | MULTICULTURALISM | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | CONFUCIANISM | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | WORK | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | civil religion | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | Korea | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | Confucianism | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | nationalism | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | national identity | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | ethnic identity | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | nation building | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | state building | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | national symbols | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | national heroes | - |
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