The Accommodation of Korean Folk Religion to the Religious Forms of Buddhism: An Example of Reverse Syncretism

Abstract

Although syncretism as a cultural phenomenon is a widely recognized feature of the transmission of religion from one culture to another, the particular adjustment made by the folk religions to world missionary religions is not widely mentioned as such in the literature of the history of religions. The A. explores the accomodation made by the folk religion of Korea to Buddhism. In doing so, two different types of syncretism are examined, and the concept of « reverse syncretism » is discussed.

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