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

Sep 30, 2022

EDITOR’S PREFACE

Carole M. CUSACK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):9-10.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.9
Original Article

Sep 30, 2022

Introducing Daesoon Philosophy to the West

Don BAKER

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):13-29.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.13

Daesoon philosophy has been described as a quintessential Korean philosophy. Given the great difference between traditional Western and East Asian ways of thinking, how can such a quintessential Korean philosophy be explained to people who have no background in traditional East Asian thought? After all, the Daeson Jinrihoe way of approaching such core problems as how to make this world a better place is not only very different from the way the West has traditionally approached such problems, Daesoon Jinrihoe uses terminology which most Westerne...
Original Article

Sep 30, 2022

Haewon-sangsaeng, Chinese Harmonism and Ecological Civilization

Zhihe WANG

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):31-56.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.31

Haewon-sangsaeng is a key idea of Daesoon Jinrihoe, which, as Professor Bae Kyuhan points out, has broad applications.” Haewon-sangsaeng is not only congenial to Chinese Harmonism, but it also enriches this concept. However, many scholars understand Haewon-sangsaeng in a relatively narrow scope. For them, Haewon-sangsaeng is confined to pertaining only to human relationships. For example, Don Baker, the author of Korean Spirituality, states that “Haewon means relieving the resentment human beings past and present have felt because th...
Original Article

Sep 30, 2022

Activating Twenty-four; Time, Space, and Body

Livia KOHN

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):57-83.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.57

Numbers structure reality and define the way people live. Both in Daoism and in Daesoon Jinrihoe they signify key concepts, notably the cardinal numbers from one through nine that classify different dimensions of the cosmos. Beyond these, the number twenty-four plays an important role. In a temporal mode, it marks the divisions or seasonal periods of the year. Consisting of fifteen days each, these periods signal (and are named after) changes in dominant weather patterns and the position of the sun. Generally activated in the body through parti...
Original Article

Sep 30, 2022

Yiguandao in Korea: International Growth of a Chinese New Religion

Edward IRONS, Gyungwon LEE

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):85-109.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.85

Yiguandao missions arrived in Korea no later than 1947. Despite many obstacles, including war and internal dissension, the movement has flourished in South Korea. Today there are three active major lineages and another seven smaller networks. This article relates the movement’s overall development in Korea. We begin by discussing key missions dispatched to Korea by Yiguandao’s founder Zhang Tianran. The northern port city of Tianjin was key to this effort, in particular a single temple, the Hall of Morality. In Korea the leaders found an un...
Original Article

Sep 30, 2022

An Analysis of the Meaning Enshrined in the Architecture of the Tay Ninh Holy See of Cao Dai

Phuoc Tai NGUYEN, Van Thuy DINH, Thuan Quy NGUYEN, Kim Hoang TRAN THI

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):111-132.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.111

In the 1920s, a new religion emerged in Tay Ninh Province, Southern Vietnam, under the name Caodaism; also known as the Third Universal Salvation of the Great Dao. It is the result of the typical combination of three main religions (Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism). Different ethnic groups populated Tay Ninh, such as Chinese, Khmer, Cham, and Kinh. Additionally, the core principle of Caodaism is known as The Three Religions Returned to the Origin, and it is also expanded as The Five Branches Reunited. The Five Branches are humankind’s five...
Original Article

Sep 30, 2022

Teaism in the Sinophone World and Beyond： Spiritual, Political and Material Explorations

Kai SHMUSHKO

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):133-155.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.133

Throughout the Chinese sphere, that is, in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan, tea houses, tea stores, and tea meditation groups often without a particular religious orientation have appeared in the past decades. Tea lovers groups with various philosophical discussions appear throughout cyberspace, where people show their appreciation for tea as a drinkable delicious product and a spiritual tool. The question to be asked here is whether it should be recognized as a religious or spiritual practice agent in and of itself? Should we then ta...
Book Review

Sep 30, 2022

Liora Sarfati, Contemporary Korean Shamanism: From Ritual to Digital. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2021. Pp.228. ISBN: 978-0-253-05717-4, $23.01(pbk)

Don BAKER

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):159-162.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.159
Book Review

Sep 30, 2022

Irene Eber, Jews in China: Cultural Conversations, Changing Perceptions. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020, Pp. 276, ISBN: 978-0-271-09214-0, $32.95(pbk)

Josh DANIELS

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):163-166.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.163
Book Review

Sep 30, 2022

Ron Geaves, Prem Rawat and Counterculture: Glastonbury and New Spiritualities. London： Bloomsbury, 2020; xiii, Pp. 233, ISBN: 978-1-350-26544-8, $35.95(Pbk)

Donald A. WESTBROOK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):167-168.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.167

CURRENT ISSUE: Sep 2022, Vol. 2 , Issue 1

EDITOR’S PREFACE

Carole M. CUSACK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):9-10.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.9

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Introducing Daesoon Philosophy to the West

Don BAKER

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):13-29.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.13

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Haewon-sangsaeng, Chinese Harmonism and Ecological Civilization

Zhihe WANG

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):31-56.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.31

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Activating Twenty-four; Time, Space, and Body

Livia KOHN

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):57-83.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.57

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Yiguandao in Korea: International Growth of a Chinese New Religion

Edward IRONS, Gyungwon LEE

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):85-109.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.85

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An Analysis of the Meaning Enshrined in the Architecture of the Tay Ninh Holy See of Cao Dai

Phuoc Tai NGUYEN, Van Thuy DINH, Thuan Quy NGUYEN, Kim Hoang TRAN THI

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):111-132.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.111

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Teaism in the Sinophone World and Beyond： Spiritual, Political and Material Explorations

Kai SHMUSHKO

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):133-155.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.133

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Liora Sarfati, Contemporary Korean Shamanism: From Ritual to Digital. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2021. Pp.228. ISBN: 978-0-253-05717-4, $23.01(pbk)

Don BAKER

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):159-162.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.159

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Irene Eber, Jews in China: Cultural Conversations, Changing Perceptions. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020, Pp. 276, ISBN: 978-0-271-09214-0, $32.95(pbk)

Josh DANIELS

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):163-166.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.163

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Ron Geaves, Prem Rawat and Counterculture: Glastonbury and New Spiritualities. London： Bloomsbury, 2020; xiii, Pp. 233, ISBN: 978-1-350-26544-8, $35.95(Pbk)

Donald A. WESTBROOK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2022;2(1):167-168.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2022.2.1.167

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Yiguandao in Korea: International Growth of a Chinese New Religion

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Teaism in the Sinophone World and Beyond： Spiritual, Political and Material Explorations

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Activating Twenty-four; Time, Space, and Body

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Jin-gyeong and Sin-ingan: The Prophecy of the Later World in The Canonical Scripture of Daesoon Jinrihoe

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Reflections on Civilization, Modernity, and Religion in Light of the Fellowship of the Truth

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Chang Chia-Lin (張家麟), Chinese Religiosity (華人宗教) GPS3, Taipei: Taiwan Religion and Society Association, 2020, Hardcover. Pp. 224. $523.

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Jo Jeongsan in Context: “Second Founders” in New Religious Movements

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Jo Jeongsan in Context: “Second Founders” in New Religious Movements

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Haewon-sangsaeng as a Religio-Ethical Metaphor

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Disseminating Daesoon Thought: A Comparative Analysis

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J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2021;1(1):9-10.
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Bae Kyuhan

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2021;1(1):13-14.
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Reflections on Civilization, Modernity, and Religion in Light of the Fellowship of the Truth

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https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2021.1.1.39

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Daesoon Jinrihoe in Perspective: New Religions and their Development over Time

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The Role of Children in Daesoon Jinrihoe, a Korean New Religion

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https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2021.1.1.81

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