Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Professor Sung Bae Park for his support for this project and for making this volume a part of SUNY Series in Korean Studies. I would like to thank Steven Heine for his support for this project and acknowledgment of the importance of this volume. I also thank Professor John Gould for his critical reading of the essays in this volume and helpful comments on each essay. I thank all the contributors for their participation, patience, and support for this volume. I also thank Nancy Ellegate at SUNY Press for her help throughout the process of the publication of this volume. Christopher Frascella, Jeff Epstein, and Juliet Mohnkern helped me at the different stages in the preparation of this volume. I thank them for their time and efforts. An earlier version of Chapter 1 was originally published in Korea Journal 45, no.1 (Spring 2005): 29–63 under the title “A Monk of Mukti and Karma: The Life and Thought of Baek Yongseong.” An earlier version of Chapter 2 was originally published in Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 20, no. 1 (2007): 21–44 under the title “A Korean Buddhist Response to Modernity: The Doctrinal Underpinning of Han Yongun’s (1879–1944) Reformist Thought.” An earlier version of Chapter 5 was originally published in Korea Journal 45, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 114–141 under the title “Gendered Response to Modernity : Kim Iryeop and Buddhism.” An earlier version of Chapter 6 was originally published in Korean Studies 7 (1983): 9–33 under the title “The Life and Thought of the Korean Son Master Kyongho.” An earlier version of Chapter 11 was originally published in International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture 4 (February 2004): 7–49 under the title “The Japanese Missionaries and their Impact on Korean Buddhist Developments (1876–1910).” An earlier version of Chapter 13 was originally published in Korea Journal 45, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 5–28, under the title “The Formation of Modern Buddhist Scholarship: the Case of Bak Jong-hong and Kim Dong-hwa.” vii 33543_SP_PAR_FM_00i-00x.indd vii 33543_SP_PAR_FM_00i-00x.indd vii 1/8/10 3:24:10 PM 1/8/10 3:24:10 PM 33543_SP_PAR_FM_00i-00x.indd viii 33543_SP_PAR_FM_00i-00x.indd viii 1/8/10 3:24:11 PM 1/8/10 3:24:11 PM ...