포스트 코로나 시대의 신도교육과 포교 활성화 방안

Abstract

The global spread of Covid-19 has had a significant impact on religious communities in many forms. And neither can Buddhism escape its influence. It is too early to prejudge the consequences because the effects are ongoing. However, it is clear that the prolonged social distancing and the spread of non-face-to-face contact will lead to the contraction of existing new activities. Therefore, it is necessary to face these phenomena and establish effective countermeasures. The most important response is to strengthen the mission capabilities of each temple. To this end, it is necessary to present ways to motivate religious life and participate in volunteer activities through the education of believers. It is also necessary to create an environment for local residents to visit temples comfortably. It is desirable to promote lay education so that humanities education and Buddhism education can be conducted at the same time. To do so, problems such as the development of educational contents and methods, securing participants, etc. shall be resolved. Korean Buddhism lacked a lot of religious education. The temples also had many challenges to solve in securing instructors and teaching facilities. Therefore, each temple should have an educational infrastructure first and foremost. In terms of the method of propagation, each temple should renew its traditional method of propagation, focusing on gathering and preaching. In addition, it is necessary to actively develop methods of propagation related to education, organization, service and sponsorship, and culture and performance. And above all, temples should strive to discover key believers who can devote themselves to missionary work.