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Building a heaven on earth : religion, activism, and protest in Japanese occupied Korea /

This work examines the progressive drives by religious groups to contest standard conceptions of modernity and forge a heavenly kingdom on the Korean peninsula to relieve people from fierce ruptures in their everyday lives. The results of this study will reconfigure the debates on colonial modernity...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Park, Albert L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This work examines the progressive drives by religious groups to contest standard conceptions of modernity and forge a heavenly kingdom on the Korean peninsula to relieve people from fierce ruptures in their everyday lives. The results of this study will reconfigure the debates on colonial modernity, the origins of faith-based socialactivism in Korea, and the role of religion in a modern world.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780824853273
082485327X