대순사상논총(Journal of the Daesoon Academy of Sciences)

About Journal of the Daesoon Academy of Sciences

Since its foundation as a research institute affiliated with Daejin University in 1996, the Daesoon Academy of Sciences has been promoting the academic development of Daesoon Thought to contribute to the goal achievement of the order, Daesoon Jinrihoe. In addition, the Academy shall aim to contribute to bringing peace and harmony to the human society through researches on its religious culture.
연구논문

Dec 31, 2025

A Cultural Heritage of Reconciliation and Mutual Flourishing: The Restoration of Jeungsan’s Birthplace and a Vision for Its Future
화해와 상생의 문화유산: 증산 탄생지 복원과 미래 비전

Kyu-han Bae, Jeong-ju Heo, Min-jin Kim
배규한, 허정주, 김민진

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:1-40.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.1

This study reexamines the birthplace of Jeungsan, Kang Il-sun, located in Sinwol-ri, Deokcheon-myeon, Jeongeup, Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, from the perspective of religious and cultural heritage and explores the contemporary significance of its restoration and utilization. The research begins with a transformative perspective that views cultural heritage not merely as an object of preservation but as a living cultural ecosystem that reconstructs the memory of eras and communities. The birthplace of Jeungsan is both the cradle of t...
연구논문

Dec 31, 2025

Jeungsan’s Concept of Central Studies: The Convergent Horizon of Western, Northern, Eastern, and Southern Studies in the Ideological History of North-Jeolla Province
증산 강일순의 ‘중학(中學)’ 사상: 전북 사상사에서 서학·북학·동학·남학의 융합적 지평

Ik-du Kim
김익두

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:41-86.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.41

The history of Jeonbuk thought was based on ideological thought of Mahan (馬韓) that advocated for integrating Heaven, Earth, and Humankind (天地人合一思想) and Pungryu thought (風流思想) during the Three Kingdoms Period. Based on the Maitreya thought, which was foreign in the Three Kingdoms period, through the Northern and Southern dynasties, the ideal of integrating Zen Buddhism and Doctrinal Buddhism (敎禪合一思想) as advocated by Venerable Baegun (白雲和尙) emerged during the Goryeo Dynasty. In the early Joseon Dynast...
연구논문

Dec 31, 2025

The Meaning of the Thought and Religious Movement of Jeungsan Originating in Jeonbuk: Ideological Transformation and Religious Practice in the Aftermath of the Donghak Peasant Movement
전북에서 발원한 증산의 사상과 종교운동의 의미: 동학농민운동 이후의 사상적 전환과 종교적 실천

Seon-keun Cha
차선근

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:87-129.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.87

This study examines two “earthquakes” that shook Jeollabuk-do Province in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries — the Donghak Peasant Movement and Kang Jeungsan’s religious movement — demonstrating that the latter manifested an ideological transformation and social practice fundamentally distinct from the former. Whereas the Donghak Peasant Movement that unfolded in the Jeonbuk region constituted an armed struggle for political and social reform under the banner of anti-feudalism and anti-foreign imperialism, Jeungsan’s ...
연구논문

Dec 31, 2025

A Study on the Context of Secret Prophecy in Taegeukgyo’s Songs
1930년대 태극교 가사 자료와 해석

Jong-seong Choi
최종성

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:133-172.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.133

This article attempts to examine the religious activities of Taegeukgyo (太極敎), a minority denomination that was placed in a colonial situation in the mid-to-late 1930s, through songs of the genre called gasa (歌辭), a form of Korean lyrical verses. The seven songs of Taegeukgyo, which are attached to the investigation records of the Japanese colonial law enforcement authorities (the Prosecutor’s Office documents), are valuable materials that provide a glimpse into the ideological thought and rituals of a minority religion that remains...
연구논문

Dec 31, 2025

Plato’s Ideal State and the Earthly Paradise of Daesoon Jinrihoe
플라톤의 이상국가와 대순진리회의 지상천국

Jeong-won Nah
나정원

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:173-199.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.173

Based on the components of Plato’s Ideal State, this thesis aims to analyze the possibility of realizing the Earthly Paradise of Daesoon Jinrihoe. If Plato’s Ideal State theory can be taken as one of the state theories of Western philosophy, then the Earthly Paradise of Daesoon Jinrihoe can be taken as a representative state theory of Korean religion. However, for both philosophy and religion’s state theories to be realized, it is necessary to at least specify philosophically and religiously which state, which method, and who would create...
연구논문

Dec 31, 2025

The Development of Daesoon Jinrihoe’s Pilgrimage Sites and Their Implications for Cultural Tourism: Focusing on the Verification and Restoration of Kang Jeungsan’s Birthplace
대순진리회 순례지 조성과 문화관광적 함의: 강증산 생가터의 고증·복원을 중심으로

Jin-young Kim
김진영

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:201-245.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.201

Pilgrimage, which traditionally began as a religious ritual, has transformed in modern times by merging with cultural tourism and evolving into diverse forms. In premodern Korea, pilgrimage traditions were virtually absent except among a small group of elite religious practitioners. In particular, the Seon (Zen) Buddhist emphasis on meditation and contemplation limited the popularization of pilgrimages to act as a practice of progress towards enlightenment through travel and asceticism. Within this cultural background, new forms of religious pr...
연구논문

Dec 31, 2025

New Forms of Conflict and Religion after the June Democratic Uprising: Focusing on the Catholic Priests’ Association for Justice
6월항쟁 이후 새로운 갈등 양상과 종교: 천주교정의구현전국사제단을 중심으로

Jong-woo Lee
이종우

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:247-284.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.247

The purpose of this study is to analyze the activities and significance of the Catholic Priests’ Association for Justice (CPAJ) from the June Democratic Uprising in 1987 to the present. Following Korea’s democratization, the CPAJ expanded its focus from resistance against authoritarian regimes to active involvement in diverse social justice issues, including economic peace, economic inequality, and the right to life. When the CPAJ judged a government to be unjust, it launched resistance movements reminiscent of its earlier activities. These...
연구논문

Dec 31, 2025

Recognition of the Disabled in Daesoon Thought
대순사상의 장애인 인식에 관한 연구

Chi-bong Choi
최치봉

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:285-321.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.285

Reducing the “social handicap” or psychological barriers toward persons with disabilities largely depends on improving public perceptions shaped by social groups. Religious communities play a significant role in social welfare and disability welfare and exert considerable influence on disability awareness. This study therefore examines the religious and ideological factors that affect disability perceptions in Korean society and investigates how Daesoon Jinrihoe’s view of disabilities compares with existing perspectives. Perceptions regar...
연구논문

Dec 31, 2025

The Writings of the Scholar of Religion, Watanabe Akira: Focusing on His Service at the Religious Affairs Section of the Bureau of Education in the Early 1920s
종교 연구자 와타나베 아키라(渡邊彰)의 저술 활동: 1920년대 초 학무국 종교과 근무 시기를 중심으로

Won-sub Lee
이원섭

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:323
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.323

This study focuses on analyzing the extensive writings of Watanabe Akira (渡邊彰, 1861-?), who held the position of an official or advisor in the Religious Affairs Section of the Bureau of Education during the critical early 1920s of Japanese colonial rule. The academic goal is to utilize his texts to uncover dimensions of the Japanese colonial religious policy that official laws and ordinances alone do not convey. His collected works effectively document the official’s distinct perspective on religion, the pragmatic concerns of a function...

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A Cultural Heritage of Reconciliation and Mutual Flourishing: The Restoration of Jeungsan’s Birthplace and a Vision for Its Future
화해와 상생의 문화유산: 증산 탄생지 복원과 미래 비전

Kyu-han Bae, Jeong-ju Heo, Min-jin Kim

배규한, 허정주, 김민진

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:1-40.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.1

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Jeungsan’s Concept of Central Studies: The Convergent Horizon of Western, Northern, Eastern, and Southern Studies in the Ideological History of North-Jeolla Province
증산 강일순의 ‘중학(中學)’ 사상: 전북 사상사에서 서학·북학·동학·남학의 융합적 지평

Ik-du Kim

김익두

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:41-86.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.41

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The Meaning of the Thought and Religious Movement of Jeungsan Originating in Jeonbuk: Ideological Transformation and Religious Practice in the Aftermath of the Donghak Peasant Movement
전북에서 발원한 증산의 사상과 종교운동의 의미: 동학농민운동 이후의 사상적 전환과 종교적 실천

Seon-keun Cha

차선근

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:87-129.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.87

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A Study on the Context of Secret Prophecy in Taegeukgyo’s Songs
1930년대 태극교 가사 자료와 해석

Jong-seong Choi

최종성

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:133-172.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.133

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Plato’s Ideal State and the Earthly Paradise of Daesoon Jinrihoe
플라톤의 이상국가와 대순진리회의 지상천국

Jeong-won Nah

나정원

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:173-199.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.173

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The Development of Daesoon Jinrihoe’s Pilgrimage Sites and Their Implications for Cultural Tourism: Focusing on the Verification and Restoration of Kang Jeungsan’s Birthplace
대순진리회 순례지 조성과 문화관광적 함의: 강증산 생가터의 고증·복원을 중심으로

Jin-young Kim

김진영

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:201-245.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.201

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New Forms of Conflict and Religion after the June Democratic Uprising: Focusing on the Catholic Priests’ Association for Justice
6월항쟁 이후 새로운 갈등 양상과 종교: 천주교정의구현전국사제단을 중심으로

Jong-woo Lee

이종우

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:247-284.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.247

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Recognition of the Disabled in Daesoon Thought
대순사상의 장애인 인식에 관한 연구

Chi-bong Choi

최치봉

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:285-321.
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.285

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The Writings of the Scholar of Religion, Watanabe Akira: Focusing on His Service at the Religious Affairs Section of the Bureau of Education in the Early 1920s
종교 연구자 와타나베 아키라(渡邊彰)의 저술 활동: 1920년대 초 학무국 종교과 근무 시기를 중심으로

Won-sub Lee

이원섭

J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 2025;55:323
https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2025.55.0.323

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에드워드아이런

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Academic Discourses on “Public Religion” in South Korea Revisited
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종지론과 도의 관계

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J. Daesoon Acad. Sci. 1998;6:471-524.
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해원상생사상의 현대적 의의

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The perception of gods in Daesoonjinrihoe
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