Law is central to an understanding of the development of modern Korean Buddhism. New legal and regulatory structures that were introduced during the first two decades of the twentieth century in Korea significantly impacted the course of modern Korean Buddhist history. The relationship between modern secular laws and Buddhist organizations during this period, however, was forged chiefly in the context of increasing Japanese political control over Korea, especially after the start of direct colonial rule following annexation in 1910. Therefore, the critical legal issues involved in the historical development of early modern Korean Buddhism have typically been subsidiary to the analyses of Japanese colonial policies toward the monastic community. The precise contours of the relationship between Buddhism and law in the modern period remain largely unexplored and thus indistinct because the focus in previous studies has been placed on the confrontation between the sangha and the colonial state.
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The Temple Ordinance, Instrumentalism, and Nationalist Historiography 4 Religious Propagation (P 'ogyo) as a Legal Category of Buddhist Activities in the Temple Ordinance 11 P 'ogyo in Other Early Twentieth-Century Laws 14 Treaties, Missionaries and Freedom of Religion in Late 19th Century Korea 20 A New Understanding of Religion: Freedom of Religion, Voluntary Associations and Religious Propagation 26 Conclusion 30
