전공 분야는 한국 종교이며, 인지종교학과 응용종교학도 공부하고 있다. 주요 연구 관심사는 종교문화를 결정하는 자연적 조건과 역사문화적 조건을 분리해서 이해하는 데 있다. 저서(공저)로는 『신과 인간이 만나는 곳, 산』(2020), 『한국의 종교학: 종교, 종교들, 종교문화』(2019), 『밀양을 듣다: 밀양 탈송전탑 탈핵 운동의 담론과 현장』(2019) 등이 있으며, 최근 논문으로는 「종교와 사회성의 진화에 관한 최근 연구의 주요 쟁점과 종교학 분야에의 시사점」(『종교연구』, 81권 3호, 2021), 「사회성의 진화와 종교논의로 본 근미래의 종교문화: i세대/90년대생 담론과 새로운 종교문화 트렌드를 중심으로」(『종교문화연구』, 33호, 2019), 「인물신 신격화 논의 재고: 초자연적 행위자와 망자, ‘집단 기억’과 상징화를 중심으로」(『민속학연구』, 44호, 2019), 「한국 기독교 민속신앙론은 어떻게 가능한가?: 인지종교학의 관점이 말해주는 것」(『종교문화비평』, 33호, 2018) 등이 있다.
Hyoung-June Shim specialized in Korean Religions, and he has been also studying Cognitive Science of Religion and Applied Religious Studies. His research focuses on understanding the natural conditions and historical-cultural conditions separately that determine religious culture. His books(collaboration) include A place where gods and humans meet, a mountain(Seoul: Ehaksa, 2020), The Study of Religion in Korea: Religion, Religions, Religious culture(Seoul: Tosŏ Ch'ulp'an Mosinŭn Saramdŭl, 2019), Listen to Miryang: The discourse and scene of the nuclear disarmament movement of the Miryang power transmission tower(Kyŏnggi-do P'aju-si : Owŏl ŭi Pom, 2019), etc(all Korean). His recent papers include “Major Issues from Recent Studies on the Evolution of Religion and Sociality: Implications for Studies of Religious Culture and Applied Religious Studies”(Korean Journal of Religious Studies, vol. 81 no. 3, 2021), “Religious Culture in the Near Future based on the Discussions of Evolution of Sociality and Religion: Focusing on the Discourse of iGen/90s and the New Religious Cultural Trends”(Journal of Religion and Culture, no. 33, 2019), “A reconsideration on the deification of historical figures in Korean folk religion: Focused on supernatural agents and the dead, ‘collective memory’ and symbolization”(Korean Journal of Folk Studies, no. 44, 2019), “An Essay on the New Possibility for Explanation of Korean Christian Folk Beliefs from the Perspective of Cognitive Science of Religion”(The Critical Review of Religion and Culture, vol. 16, 2018), etc(all Korean). |
