Eastern Learning and the Heavenly Way : : The Tonghak and Chondogyo Movements and the Twilight of Korean Independence / / Carl Young; ed. by Min Sun Kim.

Tonghak, or Eastern Learning, was the first major new religion in modern Korean history. Founded in 1860, it combined aspects of a variety of Korean religious traditions. Because of its appeal to the poor and marginalized, it became best known for its prominent role in the largest peasant rebellion...

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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Hawai'i Studies on Korea
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 5 b&w images, 2 diagrams
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Early Tonghak and the 1894 Rebellion
  • Chapter 2. A Time of Trouble, 1895-1900
  • Chapter 3. Exile-Son Pyŏng-Hŭi in Japan, 1901-1904
  • Chapter 4. Tonghak and the Ilchinhoe, 1904-1906
  • Chapter 5. Administrative Centralization and Leadership Struggles in Ch'Ŏndogyo, 1906-1908
  • Chapter 6. Doctrine, Ritual, and Social Action in Ch'Ŏndogyo, 1906-1908
  • Chapter 7. Ch'Ŏndogyo's Activities before the Annexation, 1908-1910
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author
  • Hawai'i Studies on Korea