Korean cultural roots :  religion and social thoughts / 
edited by Ho-Youn Kwon. 
 - Chicago, Ill. :  Integrated Technical Resources,  c1995. 
 - 284 p. :   22 cm. 
<br/><br/> "The articles in this book have been chosen from the third North Park College Korean Symposium held in October of 1993." -- p. [11]. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0964367718 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97133990  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Korean Americans--Congresses.<br/>Korean Americans--Religious life--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Korea--Civilization--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS904  / .K6164 1995 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951.9  / KOR