Introduction -- Interpretive frameworks -- Bible-copying (ritual before death) -- Funerary practice (ritual at death) -- Ancestral rites (ritual after death) -- Conclusion
Summary
Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites €examines the cultural encounter of Confucianism and Christianity with particular reference to death rites in Korea. As its overarching interpretive framework, this book employs the idea of the 'total social phenomenon', a concept first introduced by the French anthropologist Marcel Mauss (1872-1950). From the perspective of the total social phenomenon, this book utilizes a combination of theological, historical, sociological and anthropological approaches, and explores Korean death rites by classifying them into three categories: ritual before deat
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Includes bibliographical references ([p. 203]-218) and indexes
