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In this book, Song-Chong Lee does an excellent work of introducing, indexing, explaining, and analyzing Ham Seok Hon 's philosophy and his writings. Lee carefully explains the major concepts and theses of Ham's philosophy and develops a comprehensive and comparative analysis of Ham's notion of ssial in the current context of philosophy. This is a wonderful and highly recommendable book that provides an insightful and convincing interpretation of Ham's philosophy, activism, and humanism. --Bongrae Seok, Alvernia University

In this book, Song-Chong Lee does an excellent work of introducing, indexing, explaining, and analyzing Ham Seok Hon 's philosophy and his writings. Lee carefully explains the major concepts and theses of Ham's philosophy and develops a comprehensive and comparative analysis of Ham's notion of ssial in the current context of philosophy. This is a wonderful and highly recommendable book that provides an insightful and convincing interpretation of Ham's philosophy, activism, and humanism. --Bongrae Seok, Alvernia University Brilliantly navigating and unraveling the complexity of the highly metaphysical terms, ssial and saengmyeong, Song-Chong Lee adeptly locates a place of Ham Sok Hon's ssial philosophy in the larger theoretical spectrum of cosmopolitanism. Lee's creative interpretation of Ham's works and their applications to modern political issues and contexts show a bright future of the conversation between authentic, original Korean thoughts and Western philosophy. --Yohan Yoo, Seoul National University Song-Chong Lee's book provides a deep, rich, and revealing set of reflections on Ham Sok Hon's ssial philosophy both as the foundation of his minjung theology and as a guiding inspiration for his pluralist-cosmopolitanism. This book discusses how Christianity is localized and then transformed in Ham's thought into a cosmopolitan philosophy, how deep appreciation of the force and meaning of life develops into a liberating political activism, and how spirituality can displace and eventually elevate normal politics in infinitely open-ended ways. This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in one fascinating instantiation of comparative philosophy and comparative political theory developed in Korea, by the most original indigenous thinker and political activist of the early twentieth-century. --Sungmoon Kim, City University of Hong Kong Ham Sok-hon (1901-1989) was arguably the most important Korean thinker of the 20th century who philosophized in Hangul, the native Korean alphabet. I welcome the timely appearance of this book by Prof. Song-Chong Lee. One of the first systematic introductions to Ham's complex life and thoughts in English, this contribution will go a long way bringing modern Korean philosophy into relief. The author does a superb job of explicating the intricacies of Ham's thoughts in easy terms and phrases in four chapters, sometimes even comparing them with the Western counterparts. I highly recommend it. --Halla Kim, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Sogang University Song-Chong Lee provides a profound understanding of and insight into the theology and philosophy of Ham Sok Hon in Korean contexts and beyond. This thorough, sophisticated, and creative work delves into the encounter between Asian and Western thought, belief, and religion. Lucidly, this is an invaluable resource for those seeking to fathom the depth of Korean thought in the colonial milieu. --Sung Uk Lim, Yonsei University

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Song-Chong Lee is associate professor and the chair of the Religious Studies and Philosophy Department at the University of Findlay.

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