Pori Park is an associate professor of religious studies at Arizona State University. She teaches religious traditions of Korea and East Asia, and Buddhism. Her research interests include monastic reforms, Buddhist nuns, urban Buddhist missions, sacred geography, and engaged Buddhism in modern Korea. Her recent publications include "Tracts on the Modern Reformation of Korean Buddhism" (2016); “Uplifting Spiritual Cultivation for Lay People: Bhikṣuṇī Master Daehaeng (1927-2012) of the Hanmaum Seonwon (One Mind Sŏn Center) in South Korea (2017)”; and “Buddhism in Post-Colonial Korea: Fundamentalism, Politics, and Challenges (2014).”
Modern/Contemporary Korean Buddhism. Buddhism and Gender. Engaged Buddhism. Buddhist Pilgrimage.
Books
Trial and Error in Modernist Reforms: Korean Buddhism under Colonial Rule. Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2009.
Tracts on the Modern Reformation of Korean Buddhism (Translation and Introduction). Published by Publication Committee of the Collected Works of Modern Korean Buddhism, Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. Dongguk University Press, 2016.
Journal Article or Book Chapter:
“Uplifting Spiritual Cultivation for Lay People: Bhikṣuṇī Master Daehaeng (1927-2012) of the Hanmaum Seonwon (One Mind Sŏn Center) in South Korea” Contemporary Buddhism, 2017, forthcoming.
“Buddhism in Post-Colonial Korea: Fundamentalism, Politics, and Challenges,” in the Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism, edited by Mario Poceski, 466-484. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2014.
“Devotionalism Reclaimed: Re-mapping of Sacred Geography in Contemporary Korean Buddhism.” Journal of Korean Religions 3/2(October 2012), 153-171.
“The Establishment of Buddhist Nunneries in Contemporary Korea,” in More Than Women: Korean Nuns within the Context of East Asian Buddhist Traditions, edited by Eunsu Cho, 165-181. Albany: SUNY Press, 2011.
“New Visions for Engaged Buddhism: The JungTo Society and the Indra’s Net Community Movement in Contemporary Korea,” Contemporary Buddhism 11/1 (May 2010), 27-46.
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
REL 100 | Religions of the World |
REL 354 | Religions of Korea |
KOR 354 | Religions of Korea |
Fall 2018 | |
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REL 100 | Religions of the World |
Spring 2018 | |
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REL 100 | Religions of the World |
REL 351 | Buddhism |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
REL 100 | Religions of the World |
REL 354 | Religions of Korea |
KOR 354 | Religions of Korea |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
REL 100 | Religions of the World |
REL 354 | Religions of Korea |
KOR 354 | Religions of Korea |