A Womanist Interpretation of Daesoon Thought-Focusing on Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
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Digital Humanities opens the horizon of religion and womanism in the 21st century. Daesoon Thought of Daesoon Jinrihoe emerged as a new religion of peace to create harmony and resolve the grievances of Choseon society. Due to the influence of Confucianism, women were oppressed, and many people were discriminated against by gender and class. To reconstruct society, Jeungsan created a peaceful religious movement that brought harmony and unity to society. This article uses a womanist perspective to interpret Daesoon Thought’s tenets of Jeon-gyeong (The Canonical Scripture) and analyze the aspects of gender, sexuality, and religion to provide a broader perspective of Daesoon Thought and to find the connection between Daesoon Thought and womanism. Womanism broadens the feminist perspectives on Daesoon Thought by addressing the aspects of race, class, and gender. It contends to create the wholeness of women, men, and the community. Daesoon Thought is similar to womanism. It pursues the equality of people based on gender and class. It buttresses the enhancement of the rights of marginalized people. Furthermore, it emphasizes harmonizing the relationship between Earth and Heaven since relieving the suffering is vital for creating an atmosphere of the wholeness of humans, nature, the cosmos, and the world. Thus, womanism sheds creative light on the studies of Daesoon Thought in the era of digital humanities.
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Digital Humanities opens the horizon of religion and womanism in the 21st century. Daesoon Thought of Daesoon Jinrihoe emerged as a new religion of peace to create harmony and resolve the grievances of Choseon society. Due to the influence of Confucianism, women were oppressed, and many people were discriminated against by gender and class. To reconstruct society, Jeungsan created a peaceful religious movement that brought harmony and unity to society. This article uses a womanist perspective to interpret Daesoon Thought’s tenets of Jeon-gyeong (The Canonical Scripture) and analyze the aspects of gender, sexuality, and religion to provide a broader perspective of Daesoon Thought and to find the connection between Daesoon Thought and womanism. Womanism broadens the feminist perspectives on Daesoon Thought by addressing the aspects of race, class, and gender. It contends to create the wholeness of women, men, and the community. Daesoon Thought is similar to womanism. It pursues the equality of people based on gender and class. It buttresses the enhancement of the rights of marginalized people. Furthermore, it emphasizes harmonizing the relationship between Earth and Heaven since relieving the suffering is vital for creating an atmosphere of the wholeness of humans, nature, the cosmos, and the world. Thus, womanism sheds creative light on the studies of Daesoon Thought in the era of digital humanities.