Contents

1. Introduction
   1.1. Stating the problem
   1.2. Methodology and the structure of the study
   1.3. Sources
2. Contemporary Hermeneutics and Interreligious Encounter
   2.1. Introduction
   2.2. Situation as the totality of man's self-interpretation
   2.3. Gadamer's fusion of horizons
   2.4. Kuhn's paradigm shift
   2.5. Use of the hermeneutical theories of Tillich, Gadamer, and Kuhn in contemporary theology of mission and theology of religions. 
3. The encounter of Asian religions in the pre-Christian history of Korea
   3.1. Introduction
   3.2. pungryudo
   3.3. Shamanism and its encounter with pungryudo
   3.4. Buddhism and its encounter with earlier beliefs in Korea
   3.5. Neo-Confucianism and its encounter with its predecessors
   3.6. Tonghak thought and its enounter with its predecessors
   3.7. Correlation, fusion of horizons, and paradigm shifts in the pre-Christian history of religions 
4. Christianity and the Encounter of Asian Religions in Modern Korea
   4.1. Introduction
   4.2. The sowing model of Park Hyung-Ryong(1897-1978)
   4.3. The yeast model of Kim Chai-Choon(1901-1987)
   4.4. The converging model of Suh Nam-Dong(1918-1984)
   4.5. The grafting model of Ryu Tong-Shik(1922-  )
   4.6. Correlation, fusion of horizons, and paradigm shift in the modern Korea
5. Toward a Christian theology of the Asian religions in modern Korea
   5.1. Introduction
   5.2. The history of Asian religions as a process of grafting
   5.3. The uniqueness of Christ in the history of Asian religions
   5.4. The method of correlation , fusion of horizons, and paradigm shift in the interreligious encounter of Asia today
   5.5. Unsolved problems of the interreligious encounter in modern East Asia
6. Conclusion: Korea and the interreligious encounter in East Asia ; participation and contribution
   6.1. Introduction
   6.2. A mature understanding of the hermeneutic mode of human beings and of interreligious dialogue
   6.3. The discipline of spirituality regarding the meaning and purpose of religions
   6.4. The Baar-Statement and the prospects for interreligious encounter in Korea
   6.5. Contributions expected from the theology of religions in Korea

Bibligraphy
Glossary of Korean terms with Chinese characters
Index of Personal Names