JDTREA (Journal of Daesoon Thought and the Religions of East Asia)

About The Journal of Daesoon Thought and the Religions of East Asia

Journal of Daesoon Thought and the Religions of East Asia is a peer-reviewed, academic journal published in English by the Daesoon Academy of Sciences. In 1992, Daesoon Academy of Sciences was established at Daejin University. The goal of the academy is to stimulate dialogue and exchange ideas, theories, and perspectives among scholars in both Asia and the West, by publishing cutting-edge articles in all subfields of Daesoon Studies and the Religions of East Asia. JDTREA was first published in 2021. JDTREA is widely recognized by scholars as one of the leading English-language journals in the field of Daesoon Studies.
EDITOR’S PREFACE

Mar 31, 2024

EDITOR’S PREFACE

Carole M. CUSACK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):9-10.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.9
Original Articles

Mar 31, 2024

“God Always Find a Way”: The Crisis of Civilization and Its Overcoming through the Worldview of Daesoon Jinrihoe

Seonkeun CHA

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):13-34.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.13

This article is a compilation of civilizational crises and their overcoming from the worldview of Daesoon Jinrihoe, based on the premise that religion can offer advice on the crises faced by modern civilization. It is a reinterpretation of human history from a religious perspective, focusing on mutual contentions, grievances, grudges, and their overcoming. Daesoon Jinrihoe explains that modern civilizational crises were first recognized by divine beings in the 18th and 19th centuries, and then later recognized by humans in the 20th and 21st cen...
Original Articles

Mar 31, 2024

Writing Miracles and Denominational Establishment: On the Belief Narratives of Quanzhen Daoism

Shuqing ZHANG

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):35-54.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.35

This article focuses on the image of the ancestor of Quanzhen Daoism from a narrative perspective and also evaluates the influence of this image on the development of Quanzhen Daoism in terms of belief, genealogy, and the compilation of sacred history. Quanzhen Daoism has a rich tradition of narrating andwriting its history. In fact, narrating history is actually a form of constructing history. From the recounting of events such as the birth of the founder of the religion, Wang Chongyang (王重陽), 1112–1170), his conversion to Daoism, his ...
Original Articles

Mar 31, 2024

The Ethical Obligations of Humankind towards Animals and Its Implications for Korean Religions: Focusing on Korean Buddhism and Daesoon Thought

Dominik RUTANA

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):55-70.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.55

This study presents and examines various ethical theories that could offer potential solutions to the issue of discrimination against non-human animals in contemporary society, and traces its implications for Korean religions. The article focuses on two normative ethical theories – virtue ethics and the ethics of care – and through an analysis of existing research, argues that both theories may serve as foundational principles guiding our behavior, not only in our interactions with otherhumans but also in our treatment of non-human animals....
Original Articles

Mar 31, 2024

Messianism in Civilizational History: The Transformation of the Buddhist Messiah via Maitreya

Hong Hai DINH

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):71-92.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.71

The world we live in is becoming more convenient thanks to the inventions of science and technology. Still, the world is also becoming more and more unpredictable with the current situation of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity). The Covid-19 pandemic brought the biggest global disaster ever with 774,631,444 infected people and 7,031,216 deaths (WHO on February 11, 2024) but it seems that humanity is gradually forgetting this disaster. Meanwhile the economic stimulus packages worth trillions of dollars from governments after t...
Original Articles

Mar 31, 2024

Won Buddhism in America: Exploring Ways to Balance Tradition and Innovation

Grace J. SONG

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):93-119.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.93

The introduction of Won Buddhism to the United States has reached its fifty-year mark. Brought to the West by Korean kyomus (Won Buddhist clergy), these initial Won Buddhist clergy set a foundation for future ordained devotees to reside in America and further the religion's mission. Innovation has always played an important role in the formation and growth of Won Buddhism. The founder, Sotaesan, declared the necessity to reform traditional Buddhism to make it accessible to the laity and espoused values such as inclusiveness, equality, pu...
Original Articles

Mar 31, 2024

Death Cannot be Seen: The Mortuary Rites of a Contemporary Monastic

Mingqian XU

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):121-142.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.121

What should death be like for a deeply venerated or highly prominent Buddhist monastic? This question itself does not just pertain to death rituals, funerals, or cremations but also to the entire process, as understood within the tradition, of leaving this realm and entering into another. It is in all of these aspects that something exceptional should be highlighted to exemplify accomplishments of the given individual’s religious life, and draw attention to the profound spiritual attainment of that figure that devotees believe lies beyond wha...
Book Review

Mar 31, 2024

David Weiss, The God Susanoo and Korea in Japan’s Cultural Memory: Ancient Myths and Modern Empire, London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2022, 245 pp. ISBN: 978-0-3502-7118-0, £90.00 (pbk)

Carole M. Cusack

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):145-146.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.145
Book Review

Mar 31, 2024

Yu-Shuang Yao and Richard Gombrich, Chinese Buddhism Today: Conservatism, Modernism, Syncretism and Enjoying Life on the Buddha's Light Mountain. Sheffield, UK: Equinox Publishing, 2022, 127 pp. ISBN: 978-18-00502314, $80.00 (pbk)

J. Gordon Melton

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):147-148.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.147
Book Review

Mar 31, 2024

C. Pierce Salguero, Buddhish: A Guide to the 20 Most Important Buddhist Ideas for the Curious and Skeptical Mind, Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2022, 175 pp. ISBN: 978-08-07064566, $16.95 (pbk)

Holly Folk

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):149-150.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.149
Book Review

Mar 31, 2024

Elliot Cohen, The Psychologisation of Eastern Spiritual Traditions: Colonisation, Translation, and Commodification. London: Routledge, 2022, 158 pp. ISBN: 978-03-67375362, $37.99 (pbk)

Kwangyu Lee

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):151-152.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.151

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EDITOR’S PREFACE

Carole M. CUSACK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):9-10.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.9

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“God Always Find a Way”: The Crisis of Civilization and Its Overcoming through the Worldview of Daesoon Jinrihoe

Seonkeun CHA

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):13-34.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.13

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Writing Miracles and Denominational Establishment: On the Belief Narratives of Quanzhen Daoism

Shuqing ZHANG

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):35-54.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.35

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The Ethical Obligations of Humankind towards Animals and Its Implications for Korean Religions: Focusing on Korean Buddhism and Daesoon Thought

Dominik RUTANA

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):55-70.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.55

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Messianism in Civilizational History: The Transformation of the Buddhist Messiah via Maitreya

Hong Hai DINH

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):71-92.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.71

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Won Buddhism in America: Exploring Ways to Balance Tradition and Innovation

Grace J. SONG

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):93-119.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.93

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Death Cannot be Seen: The Mortuary Rites of a Contemporary Monastic

Mingqian XU

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):121-142.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.121

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David Weiss, The God Susanoo and Korea in Japan’s Cultural Memory: Ancient Myths and Modern Empire, London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2022, 245 pp. ISBN: 978-0-3502-7118-0, £90.00 (pbk)

Carole M. Cusack

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):145-146.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.145

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Yu-Shuang Yao and Richard Gombrich, Chinese Buddhism Today: Conservatism, Modernism, Syncretism and Enjoying Life on the Buddha's Light Mountain. Sheffield, UK: Equinox Publishing, 2022, 127 pp. ISBN: 978-18-00502314, $80.00 (pbk)

J. Gordon Melton

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):147-148.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.147

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C. Pierce Salguero, Buddhish: A Guide to the 20 Most Important Buddhist Ideas for the Curious and Skeptical Mind, Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2022, 175 pp. ISBN: 978-08-07064566, $16.95 (pbk)

Holly Folk

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):149-150.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.149

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Elliot Cohen, The Psychologisation of Eastern Spiritual Traditions: Colonisation, Translation, and Commodification. London: Routledge, 2022, 158 pp. ISBN: 978-03-67375362, $37.99 (pbk)

Kwangyu Lee

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2024;3(2):151-152.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2024.3.2.151

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