RESEARCH
Research Interests
Sociology of Religion
Digital Religion
Media Studies
Digital Ethnography
Religion and Disaster Studies
Korean New Religious Movements
Civil Religion Theory
Research Experience
Graduate Researcher, Dept. of Religious Studies, SNU
Research areas: sacralization theory, stigma discourse, material religion, digital religion, Korean new religious movements, applied religious studies.
Publications
Ryu, Hyeonminh. "Structural Determinants Behind the Marginalization of Religious Education in Korean Public Schooling." 종교와 문화 [Religion and Culture] (2025). KCI-listed journal.
Ryu, Hyeonminh. "The Adaptive Reconfiguration of Authority in Religion in the Post-Digital Era: A Media-Ecological Analysis of Korean Protestant Social Media Platform Engagement." M.A. thesis, Seoul National University, 2025.
Conference Presentations
Applied Religious Studies: The Social and Industrial Transformation and Application of Religious Knowledge." Paper presented at Korean Association for the History of Religions, Autumn Conference, Seoul, November 2025.
Religious Casting and Transformation in Northeast Asia, Late 19th–20th Century: Focusing on the Reception and Translation of the Western Concept of religion." Paper presented at Daesoon Thought Research Institute, Autumn Conference, 2025.
A Sociological Reflection on the Thought of Haewŏn-Sangsaeng: Overcoming Social Grievances Produced by Competition." Paper presented at Daesoon Thought Research Institute, Spring Conference, 2025.