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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">The
<i>Journal of Korean Religions</i> (JKR) would like to announce the April 2016
publication of Volume 7, Number 1.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">This
issue features critical appraisals of Buddhist praxis past and present, an
intellectual history of Yi I’s Neo-Confucianism, the second in our special
series on religious thinkers of modern Korea (an essay on Sŏn Master T’oeong
Sŏngch’ŏl), and book reviews on four recent works on Korean religions,
including a provocative new Korean language work on the connection between
Korean Protestantism and the Korean War.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11pt">Research Articles</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Perception
of Monastic Slaves by Scholar-Officials and Monks in the Late</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Koryŏ
and Early Chosŏn Periods</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sung-Eun
Thomas Kim</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Views
on Buddhist Precepts and Morality in Late Koryŏ</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sem
Vermeersch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Does
the Neo-Confucianism of the Chosŏn Dynasty belong to the Cheng-Zhu</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">School?:
Rethinking the Intellectual History of Chosŏn through the</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Philosophical
Tradition of Yi I (1538–1584)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Weon-jae
Jeong</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11pt">Special Series: Religious Thinkers of Modern Korea</span></u><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">The
Philosophy of Sŏn Master T’oeong Sŏngch’ŏl (1912–1993)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Bernard
Senécal S.J.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11pt">Book Reviews</span></u><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Death,
Mourning, and the Afterlife in Korea: From Ancient to Contemporary</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Times.
Charlotte Horlyck and Michael J. Pettid.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Reviewed
by Laurel Kendall</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Building
A Heaven on Earth: Religion, Activism, and Protest in Japanese-</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Occupied
Korea. Albert L. Park.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Reviewed
by Hwansoo Kim</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Korea’s
Great Buddhist-Confucian Debate: The Treatises of Chŏng Tojŏn</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">(Sambong)
and Hamhŏ Tŭkt’ong (Kihwa). Korean Classics Library:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Philosophy
and Religion. Translated and with an introduction</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">by
A. Charles Muller.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Reviewed
by Sem Vermeersch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="KO" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo'">한국전쟁과</span><span lang="KO" style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span lang="KO" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo'">기독교</span><span style="font-size:11pt">. Han’guk chŏnjaeng kwa kidokkyo [The
Korean War and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Protestantism]. </span><span lang="KO" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo'">윤정란</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> Yoon Jeong Ran.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Reviewed by Kyuhoon
Cho</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Upcoming issues of
JKR will focus on a number of special topics, including urban aspirations and
religion, the latest research on W</span><span style="font-size:11pt">ǒ</span><span style="font-size:11pt">nhyo Daesa, Confucian spirituality, and the
relationship between media and religious thought and practice in modern Korea.
We also look forward to further critical biographies in our series on religious
thinkers in Korea.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">As always, we welcome
submissions from scholars across the disciplines on all topics pertaining to
Korean religion. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Submissions and
inquiries should be sent to the Managing Editor: <a href="mailto:journalkr@sogang.ac.kr">journalkr@sogang.ac.kr</a>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Style guidelines can
be found here: <a href="http://bit.ly/JKRsubguide">http://bit.ly/JKRsubguide</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best wishes,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Kim Seong-nae</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Don Baker</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Editors-in-Chief, Journal of Korean
Religions</span></p>
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