Some Contemporary Dilemmas of Korean Buddhism: A Critical Review of the Jogye Order's 2018 Periodic Report

According to the Jogye Order's 2018 periodic report, the average age of monks is increasing and the number of monks is decreasing. In order to offer solutions to these problems, the report presents and analyzes by dividing those themes into six sub-topics, namely: decrease of births; decrease o...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Kim, Kyungrae (Συγγραφέας) ; Kim, Eunyoung (Συγγραφέας) ; Park, Cheonghwan (Συγγραφέας) ; Seo, Wangmo (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: MDPI [2019]
Στο/Στη: Religions
Έτος: 2019, Τόμος: 10, Τεύχος: 4, Σελίδες: 1-11
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B educational innovation
B decreased number of monks
B education for monks
B aging monks
B the Jogye Order
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Σύνοψη:According to the Jogye Order's 2018 periodic report, the average age of monks is increasing and the number of monks is decreasing. In order to offer solutions to these problems, the report presents and analyzes by dividing those themes into six sub-topics, namely: decrease of births; decrease of postulants; aging of postulants; rapidly changing educational environment; teaching aptitude of educators; education budget. The report lists a variety of information derived from the raw data and offers suggestions regarding these six topics. However, the report has several failings, as the research misunderstands the data at times, and their report does not present proper interpretations and concrete solutions. The final suggestions that the report proposes to increase the number of monks seem to be misguided and ineffective. This article critically scrutinizes the Jogye Order's latest report to identify and correct some data misinterpretations and offer new insights that the authors believe would help our leaders come up with better solutions.
ISSN:2077-1444
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel10040234