◎ Course Overview(강의 개요)∙ This lecture series highlight how Buddhism was practiced in East Asia with an emphasis on Korean and Japanese Buddhist cultures in the context of East Asian Buddhism. For that, a select group of following topics are discussed: transmission of Buddhist culture, power and wealth, the afterlife, Buddhism and Confucianism, death rituals, prayer, play, transition into the modern age, violence, and reform movements.∙ 본 강의는 동아시아 불교의 맥락에서 한국과 일본의 불교문화를 중심으로 동아시아에서 불교가 어떻게 행해졌는지 중점적으로 살펴봅니다. 이를 위해 불교 문화의 전승, 권력과 부, 사후세계, 불교와 유교, 죽음의례, 기도, 유희, 근대로의 변천, 불교와 폭력, 불교 개혁운동 등을 주요 주제들을 다루고 있습니다. ◎ Course Objectives(학습 목표)∙ Given that there are other similar lecture series, including “Korean Buddhism seen from China” and “Korean Buddhism and East Asia,” in this lecture series more weight is given to the comparison of Korean and Japanese Buddhist cultures. In understanding characteristic features of each country’s Buddhist culture in the context of Buddhism in general, as well a...