Reimagining Korea: Identity and Values in a Changing World
暫譯: 重新想像韓國：變遷世界中的身份與價值觀

本卷專案探討當代韓國社會中不斷演變的價值觀和身份認同如何被詮釋，特別是透過宗教的視角，將其定位為了解韓國動態文化和社會景觀的窗口。隨著韓國面對快速現代化，宗教信仰和表達的變遷反映出韓國人民在個人和社群層面上價值觀和身份認同的新面向。我們相信，這種動態背景創造了一個複雜的緊張網絡，因為韓國人在既有規範和新注入或內部出現的全球觀念之間進行協商，激發並挑戰未來在國內外的發展方向。

Yohan Yoo is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Seoul National University, South Korea. His research adopts a comparative approach to diverse religious topics, encompassing areas such as indigenous shamanic beliefs and practices in Jeju, Korea, theory and methodology in religious studies, iconic and performative aspects of sacred texts, and intersections between myth and cotemporary literature. He is the author of Korean Religious Texts in Iconic and Performative Rituals (Equinox, 2024) and three books in Korean: Myths of Our Era (2012), Understanding Religious Studies (2020), and Understanding Religious Symbolism (2021). He also co-authored Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution (Routledge, 2021) and co-edited Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings (Equinox, 2021) with James W. Watts.

Song Chong Lee is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Seoul National University, South Korea. He is the author of Ham Sok Hon's Ssial Cosmopolitan Vision (New York: Lexington Books, 2020). His most recent publications include "Bringing Back the Old Religiosity: Interfaith Cosmopolitan Civil Religion," Journal of Church and State (Oxford University Press, 2024), "The Violence of New Religious Movements and the Entrepreneurial Model: With a Focus on the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Korea," The Journal of Religion 3, no. 3 (The University of Chicago Press, 2023), and "Homo-Historicus of Wilhelm Dilthey and Ham Sok Hon," Clio: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History 50, no. 2 (Indiana University-Purdue University Press, 2023). Lee's research covers themes in the sociology of religion, such as civil religion, cosmopolitanism, and NRMs (New Religious Movements), through humanistic interpretation and writings.

Yohan Yoo 是韓國首爾國立大學宗教研究系的教授。他的研究採取比較方法，探討多樣的宗教主題，包括韓國濟州的原住民薩滿信仰與實踐、宗教研究的理論與方法論、神聖文本的圖像性與表演性特徵，以及神話與當代文學之間的交集。他是《Korean Religious Texts in Iconic and Performative Rituals》（Equinox, 2024）的作者，並且著有三本韓文書籍：《Myths of Our Era》（2012）、《Understanding Religious Studies》（2020）和《Understanding Religious Symbolism》（2021）。他還與 James W. Watts 共同撰寫了《Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution》（Routledge, 2021），並共同編輯了《Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings》（Equinox, 2021）。

Song Chong Lee 是韓國首爾國立大學宗教研究系的教授。他是《Ham Sok Hon's Ssial Cosmopolitan Vision》（紐約：Lexington Books, 2020）的作者。他最近的出版物包括《Bringing Back the Old Religiosity: Interfaith Cosmopolitan Civil Religion》，發表於《Journal of Church and State》（牛津大學出版社, 2024）、《The Violence of New Religious Movements and the Entrepreneurial Model: With a Focus on the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Korea》，發表於《The Journal of Religion》3卷第3期（芝加哥大學出版社, 2023），以及《Homo-Historicus of Wilhelm Dilthey and Ham Sok Hon》，發表於《Clio: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History》50卷第2期（印第安納大學-普渡大學出版社, 2023）。Lee 的研究涵蓋宗教社會學的主題，如公民宗教、世界主義和新宗教運動（NRMs），透過人文解釋和寫作進行探討。