The Empire of Mt. Sion: A Korean Millenarian Group Born in a Time of Crisis
This paper is about a Korean Millenarian group called Sion-san cheguk (the Empire of Mt. Sion). Contrary to anthropological studies of “millenarian” movements in non-European societies, the study here shows that this Korean millenarian group is neither post-millennial in outlook, nor was it anti-Eur...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2011
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Transformation
Year: 2011, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 161-171 |
Further subjects: | B
Millenarianism
B Church B Sion-san cheguk B Korean B Empire of Mt. Sion |
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Summary: | This paper is about a Korean Millenarian group called Sion-san cheguk (the Empire of Mt. Sion). Contrary to anthropological studies of “millenarian” movements in non-European societies, the study here shows that this Korean millenarian group is neither post-millennial in outlook, nor was it anti-European although it was anti-colonial. More importantly, this paper indicates that it is fundamentally wrong to assume that “millenarian” movements are principally movements of political protest, and not inspired fundamentally by religious beliefs. |
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ISSN: | 1759-8931 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Transformation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0265378811404772 |