"The articles in this book have been chosen from the third North Park College Korean Symposium held in October of 1993." -- p. [11].

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / David Horner. -- Introduction / Ho-Youn Kwon. -- Part 1. Religion: Roots of animism in Korea: from the earliest inhabitants to the Silla Kingdom / Sarah M. Nelson ; Bodhisattva, sage, and shaman: exemplars of compassion and service in traditional Korean religions / Edward R. Canda ; Purification ritual (Sosang Nalbaji Ssikim Kut) in Chindo Island / Antonetta Lucia Bruno ; Representation of man and nature in traditional peasant religion / Kyoung Mann Cho ; Christian contextualization in Korea / Jun Ki Chung ; The interpretation of Korean shaman's traditional healing ritual in light of modern clinical neuroscience / Sang Bok Lee. -- Part 2. Social thoughts. The Confucian rules of propriety and their influence on the Korean people / Joon Yon Hwang ; Yangban legacy: cultural localism and Korean identity / Fujiya Kawashima ; Confucian element of Korean culture with special reference to ancestor worship / Wi Jo Kang ; Biblical reflection on Kyong Lo Sa Sang / Mi Sook Ji ; The cultural norm of filial piety: a new perspective in the United States / Kwang Chung Kim, Shin Kim and Won Moo Hurh ; Sibling bonds and marital conflicts among Korean immigrant women / Ho-Youn Kwon ; Blurred genders: the cultural construction of male and female in Korea and the United States / Diane M. Hoffman ; Indigenous form of Lamentation (Han): conceptual and philosophical analyses / Uichol Kim and Sang-Chin Choi. -- Symposium luncheon speech: Korean studies in the United States / Byung Chul Koh. -- Fund raising dinner speech: The soil hardens after a rain: toward a new chapter in the U.S.-Korean relationship / Tong Whan Park.