금강대도 종리학의 성과와 전망

Abstract

The Society of Kumkangdaedo Jongrihak was founded in 1999 and celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2024. The categories that Jongrihak should cover include first, the object of faith or things about ultimate truth, second, the content of faith, that is, things about doctrine, third, the expression or act of faith, that is, things about ritual, and fourth, things about the organizational system of Daedo. To this, ‘Studies of Dae Do History (道史學)’, ‘The Sutras Studies (聖經學)’, and ‘Applied Jongrihak’ are added. What opened the curtain of the prelude to research on Jongrihak was the master’s thesis “A Study on the Pattern of the Union of the Three Teachings in Korean New Religious Movements – With a Special Reference to Kumkangdaedo” published by the Graduate School of The Academy of Korean Studies in 1988. Since then, a total of eight master’s theses and three doctoral dissertations have been published. As for personal writings, three books including “Kumkangdaedo Jongrihak Research Theory” (2005) were published as the ‘Kumkang Samjong University Jongrihak Series’, and the current 4th Master’s three books including “Taegeuk Enlightenment Era and Daedo’s Future” (2021) were published as the ‘Kumkangdaedo Jongbeop-won Society Series’. Jongrihak research began in earnest in 1999 when the ‘Society of Kumkangdaedo Jongrihak’ was founded, and since then, academic conferences have been held nine times and the “Journal of Jongrihak Studies” has been published with the ninth volume. In addition, a total of 94 Jongrihak research papers have been published in general academic journals. When classified by researchers, out of the total 94 papers, 63 papers were written by internal researchers, accounting for 67%, and 31 papers were written by external researchers, accounting for 33%. When classified by the academic journals in which they were published, 57 papers were published in the “Journal of Jongrihak Studies” of the Society of Kumkangdaedo Jongrihak, accounting for 60.6%, and 37 papers were published in general academic journals, accounting for 39.4%. If classified by research topic or content, there are 11 general studies on Kumkangdaedo (11.7%), nine papers on the history of Daedo (9.6%), 11 papers on objects of faith and conception of gods (11.7%), 48 papers on doctrine and ideology (51.1%), three papers on rituals (3.2%), six papers on organization, symbols, and culture (6.4%), and six other papers (6.4%). If classified by the related discipline or research methodology, there are 48 articles in religious studies (51.1%), 25 articles in philosophical studies (26.6%), 16 articles in Jongrihak studies (17.0%), four articles in historical studies (4.3%), and one article in Korean literature studies (1.1%). If we summarize the research results so far and organize the tasks and prospects for the future, they are as follows. First, we need to significantly expand the number of Jongrihak researchers. Second, we need to participate more actively in internal and external academic activities, and we need to be able to publish Kumkangdaedo Jongrihak papers in various academic journals. Third, in terms of research topics, we need to ensure that papers covering various topics such as Dae Do History, objects of faith and concept of gods, doctrines-ideology, rituals, organizations-symbols, etc. are evenly distributed. Fourth, Kumkang Samjong University and the Society of Kumkangdaedo Jongrihak should be more active. Fifth, as a prerequisite for Jongrihak research, the development of ‘The Sutras Studies’ and ‘Studies of DaeDo History’ is essential.