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 30, 2023

EDITOR’S PREFACE

Carole M. CUSACK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):9-10.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.9
Original Article

Mar 30, 2023

Rhetorical Relationality and The Four Tenets of Daesoon Jinrihoe

Brian FEHLER

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):13-31.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.13

For centuries in the Christian era in the West, rhetoric was considered to be a pagan art, one unnecessary for, and detrimental to, religious propagation. As the Christian era gave way to a scientific one during the Enlightenment, both rhetoric and religion were considered irrational and outside the scope of Cartesian certainty. In recent decades, though, rhetorical studies have regained status in universities and rhetorical studies of religion have proliferated. Much work remains to be done, however. For example, Western rhetorical models do n...
Original Article

Mar 30, 2023

Fasting of the Mind and Quieting of the Mind: A Comparative Analysis of Apophatic Tendencies in Zhuangzi and Cataphatic Tendencies in Daesoon Thought

Rongkun ZHANG, Jason GREENBERGER

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):33-50.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.33

‘Fasting of the Mind (心齋, ch. xīn zhāi)’ is arguably the most important concept within the practical approach to the spiritual cultivation formulated by the Daoist philosopher, Zhuangzi (莊子). Most scholars have interpreted ‘Fasting of the Mind’ as an apophatic practice centered around the aim of the ‘Dissolution of the Self (喪我, ch. sàng wŎ).’ The Korean new religious movement, Daesoon Jinrihoe (大巡眞理會), can be shown to instead consistently utilize cataphatic descriptions of spiritual cultivation ba...
Original Article

Mar 30, 2023

Freedom of Religion, Sangsaeng, and Symbiosis in the Post-COVID Study of (New) Religions

Donald A. WESTBROOK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):51-72.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.51

This article explores the intersection of freedom of religion, sangsaeng, and symbiosis when considering the post-COVID study of religions, especially new religions. When it comes to the study of new and alternative religious groups, where there is more potential for misunderstanding and misinformation, it becomes all the more important—and indeed mutually beneficial, in the areas of religious liberty, religious freedom, and cross-cultural dialogue—to learn about a tradition by taking into account the spiritual life and practices of ...
Original Article

Mar 30, 2023

Molding the East Asian Dragons: The Creation and Transformation of Various Ecological and Political Discourses

Ngoc Tho NGUYEN, Thi Thu Hien PHAN

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):73-99.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.73

The dragon is a special imaginary figure created by the people of East Asia. Its archetypes appeared primarily as totemic symbols of different tribes and groups in the region. The formation of early dynasties probably generated the molding of the dragon symbol. Dragon symbols carried deep imprints of nature. They concealed alternative messages of how ancient people at different locations dealt with or interacted with nature. Under pressure to standardize in the medieval and late imperial periods, the popular dragon had to transform physically a...
Original Article

Mar 30, 2023

Daoist Thought through Symbols Observed in the Architecture of Tu An Hieu Nghia Pagodas and Temples from the Tri Tôn District, An Giang Province

Trung Hieu NGUYEN, Phuoc Tai NGUYEN

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):101-121.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.101

Daoism was introduced into the South-West of Vietnam via two main entries: the missionaries from North and Central Vietnam who migrated to the South by following the Southward movement and the spread of Daoism by Chinese migrant men who came and settled in the South-West of Vietnam from the late seventieth century to late nineteenth century. However, the biggest influence of Daoism in the Southwest of Vietnam was mainly the Chinese missionaries of Daoism. As time went by, together with the impacts of social and historical circumstances, Daoism ...
Original Article

Mar 30, 2023

Otherness and Diversity in Vietnamese Confucianism: The Formation of the Symbol of the Ancestral King Lạc Long Quân Based on the Nguyễn Huy Thiệp Complex

Hong Hai DINH

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):123-139.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.123

Quân sư phụ (君師父) is a concept of respectfulness derived from the Chinese Confucian concepts of sān gāng wǔ cháng (三綱五常, the Three Principles and Five Constant Virtues) and sān cóng sì dé (三從四德, the Four Virtues Applied to the Three Male Figures) that is applied to Vietnamese Confucianism in regards to not only kings but also Chinese Emperors, as well as Chinese culture generally. In his famous literary work Vàng lửa (Golden Fire), Nguyễn Huy Thiệp revealed the Vietnamese attitude to Chinese civilizatio...
Book Review

Mar 30, 2023

Zeng Yong (曾勇), A Study of the Life Values of Ge Hong and Ge Changgeng (葛洪, 葛長庚入生價值觀研究). Beijing: People’s Publishing House, 2021, 616 pp. ISBN: 978-7-01-022728-3, ¥ 138 (pbk)

Hui ZHONG

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):143-144.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.143
Book Review

Mar 30, 2023

Tony Swain, Confucianism in China: An Introduction. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2017, xiii, 297 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4742-4243-1, $34.95 (pbk)

Carole M. CUSACK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):145-147.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.145
Book Review

Mar 30, 2023

Elisabetta Porcu and Michael Dylan Foster (ed.), Matsuri and Religion: Complexity, Con-tinuity, and Creativity in Japanese Festivals. Leiden: Brill, 2021, 332 pp. ISBN: 978-90-04-46652-4, €74 (pbk)

Dana MIRSALIS

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):149-153.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.149

CURRENT ISSUE: Mar 2023, Vol. 2 , Issue 2

EDITOR’S PREFACE

Carole M. CUSACK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):9-10.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.9

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Rhetorical Relationality and The Four Tenets of Daesoon Jinrihoe

Brian FEHLER

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):13-31.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.13

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Fasting of the Mind and Quieting of the Mind: A Comparative Analysis of Apophatic Tendencies in Zhuangzi and Cataphatic Tendencies in Daesoon Thought

Rongkun ZHANG, Jason GREENBERGER

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):33-50.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.33

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Freedom of Religion, Sangsaeng, and Symbiosis in the Post-COVID Study of (New) Religions

Donald A. WESTBROOK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):51-72.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.51

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Molding the East Asian Dragons: The Creation and Transformation of Various Ecological and Political Discourses

Ngoc Tho NGUYEN, Thi Thu Hien PHAN

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):73-99.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.73

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Daoist Thought through Symbols Observed in the Architecture of Tu An Hieu Nghia Pagodas and Temples from the Tri Tôn District, An Giang Province

Trung Hieu NGUYEN, Phuoc Tai NGUYEN

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):101-121.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.101

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Otherness and Diversity in Vietnamese Confucianism: The Formation of the Symbol of the Ancestral King Lạc Long Quân Based on the Nguyễn Huy Thiệp Complex

Hong Hai DINH

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):123-139.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.123

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Zeng Yong (曾勇), A Study of the Life Values of Ge Hong and Ge Changgeng (葛洪, 葛長庚入生價值觀研究). Beijing: People’s Publishing House, 2021, 616 pp. ISBN: 978-7-01-022728-3, ¥ 138 (pbk)

Hui ZHONG

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):143-144.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.143

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Tony Swain, Confucianism in China: An Introduction. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2017, xiii, 297 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4742-4243-1, $34.95 (pbk)

Carole M. CUSACK

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):145-147.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.145

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Elisabetta Porcu and Michael Dylan Foster (ed.), Matsuri and Religion: Complexity, Con-tinuity, and Creativity in Japanese Festivals. Leiden: Brill, 2021, 332 pp. ISBN: 978-90-04-46652-4, €74 (pbk)

Dana MIRSALIS

J. Daesoon Thought Relig. East Asia 2023;2(2):149-153.
https://doi.org/10.25050/JDTREA.2023.2.2.149

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