Korean Popular Beliefs (한국의 민간신앙)

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현재목포대학교도서문화연구소연구교수로재직하고있으며,전라남도문화재전문위원으로활동하고있다.전남대학교국어국문학과를졸업했고,대학원에서민속학을전공하여박사학위를받았다.그는무당굿,당산제,풍물굿,남사당,판소리등과같은민속신앙,전통연회,민속예술에깊은관심을가지고있으며,굿이열리는곳은어디든지찾아다닌다.요즘에는한국학술진흥재단의지원을받아섬과바다의민속을연구하기위해남도의섬을찾아다니고있다.주요저서로는<지역민속의세계><굿의현장에서본씻김굿무가><무가문학연구>가있으며,<다도해사람들-사회와민속><한국의굿><한국의해양문화><전라남도의향토문화><서사무가바리공주전집3><남도민속학개설>등을다른연구자들과함께펴냈다.

Preface

Introduction
UnderstandingKoreanPopularBeliefs-Yi,YongBhum

PartI.CategoriesofKoreanPopularBeliefs
VillageBeliefs-Lee,KyungYup
FamilyPopularBeliefs-Choi,JongSeong
Shamanism-Yi,YongBhum
GeomanticBeliefs-Lee,KyungYup
BeliefsinDivination-Choi,JongSeong

PartII.ThematicApproachestoKoreanPopularBeliefs
ReligiousSyncretismandPopularBeliefs-Choi,JongSeong
DivinitiesofKoreanPopularBeliefs-Yi,YongBhum
TheCurrentStateandChangesofPopularBeliefs-Lee,KyungYup
TheHistoryofKoreanFolkBeliefsandPopularReligion-BoudewijnWalraven

References
Index

오늘날에도한국민간신앙의한유형인무당은그수가줄어들지않고있으며여전히많은사람들이무당을찾아가무속의례인굿을행하고있다.한국민간신앙중무속신앙이나점복신앙,풍수신앙은시대의변화에적응하면서여전히존속하고있다.즉오늘날에도한국민간신앙은한국인의의미세계의한부분으로서삶에문제가생겼을때여전히사람들의판단과행동에영향을미치고있다.이런상황을반영해이책은전통문화의상징이나원형의측면에서한국민간신앙에접근하지않는다.그러한측면을인정하면서도살아있는종교현상으로서의현재적측면에관심을갖는다.이런의도에서이책은한국민간신앙의일반적모습과아울러그것의역사적변화와현재상황을충분히드러내고자하였다.또한한국의민간신앙이다른종교와구분되지않고상호관계속에서존재해온역사적측면을고려해이책은한국민간신앙의각유형에대한개별적접근보다는,민간신앙과타종교,민간신앙과한국인의삶,민간신앙각유형간의상관성에관심을기울이고자하였다.이를통해한국인의삶과문화에서차지하는한국민간신앙의위상과의미를밝히고있다.
Thereareshamans,knownasmudanginKorean,whoserveaspriestsinshamanicceremonies,andthenumberofshamansneverbecomessmaller.Today,manypeoplestillresorttoshamanistritualsknownaskutinKoreantosettletheirproblems.asfamilybeliefsorvillagebeliefshavegraduallybeenweakening,butKoreanpopularbeliefsstillhavetheirplace,inshamanism,indivination,andingeomancy,adaptingtochangesofthetimes.Inotherwords,evennowpopularbeliefsarestillpartofthemeaningfulworldoftheKoreans,influencingtheirjudgmentandbehaviorwhentheyareintrouble.Fromthisviewpoint,thisbookintendstodemonstratethegeneralaspectsofKoreanpopularbeliefsandalsoshedlightontheirhistoricalchangesandpresentconditions.
KoreanpopularbeliefsdonotremainseparatedfromKoreanlivesorotherreligionssuchasBuddhism,Confucianism,andChristianity,butrelatedtothem.ConsideringsuchaspectsofKoreanpopularbeliefs,thisbookfocusesonthecorrelationbetweenKoreanpopularbeliefsandotherreligions,betweenKoreanpopularbeliefsandthelivesoftheKoreans,andbetweentypesofKoreanpopularbeliefsratherthaneachtypeofKoreanpopularbeliefsinisolation.Thisway,thebookaimstoidentifythestatusandmeaningthatKoreanreligiousbeliefshaveinKoreanlivesandculture.