민주화 운동기(1980∼1994)의 불교와 국가권력

Abstract

This paper is a research that studied correlations between Buddhism and national power in the era of democratization. The corresponding period is set between 1980 and 1994. Also the analysis subjects are 10.27 Buddhism rebellion, 9.7 Monk Conference of Haeinsa Temple, People's Buddhism and Revolution of Religious Order in 1994. This study cast a question on the fact that Buddhism was strongly subordinated to the national power during the 1960s and 1970s, but why such custom was changed since 1980s. In other words, members of Buddhism had a self-awareness since the 10.27 Buddhism rebellion and took an action towards transform movement of Buddhism and the religious order. Therefore, this paper first analyzed that there appeared responsible awareness against national power through the 10.27 Buddhism rebellion. Second, the paper looked in detail about resistance awareness against national power in the Monks Conference in 9.7 Haeinsa Temple which enhanced contents, responsible ideology and alternative routes. Third, the paper proved that the ideology which drove such transformation was People's Buddhism. Fourth, it analyzed how such transformation and reformation movement in the 1980s were projected in the Religious Order Revolution in 1994. Therefore, it established a perspective to view correlations between Buddhism and national power that appeared in the development process of the Buddhism history since the 1980s.