Theological Contextualisation of the Concept of "God" in Korea PDF Download

Author: Sung-Wook Hong
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 608

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Author: Sung-Wook Hong
Publisher: OCMS
ISBN: 9781870345668
Category : God (Christianity)
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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Author: Paul S. Chung
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498276237
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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In this volume, an attempt is undertaken to highlight the genesis, progress, and transformation of Asian contextual theology of minjung, introducing its historical point of departure, its development, and its transformation in light of younger Korean and Korean American scholars' endeavors. In this regard, the new Asian contextual theology, which is emerging, strives to integrate both minjung and the wisdom of World Religions into its own framework and direction, assuming the character of a public theology and remaining humble and open before God's mystery while featuring its association with minjung in a holistic way.

Author: Jin-Kwan Kwon
Publisher: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
ISBN: 3374050727
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Many people may wonder about the current state of minjung theology that started in the 1970s in resistance to the military dictatorship in Korea. They ask: "Is minjung theology still alive?" or "Can the concept of minjung, a Korean term for poor and oppressed people, still offer a significant contribution to the reshaping of society closer to the Kingdom of God?" The essays in this volume attempt to answer such questions directly and indirectly. The authors are from Korea, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, and the United States. They deal with minjung theology from their own contexts. The essays were written to commemorate the late minjung theologian Suh Nam-Dong (1918-1984) on the 30th anniversary of his passing. [Minjung-Theologie heute. Kontextuelle und interkulturelle Perspektiven] Viele werden sich wundern, was der aktuelle Status der Minjung-Theologie ist, die in den 1970ern im Widerstand gegen die koreanische Militärdiktatur entstand. Sie fragen: "Lebt die Minjung-Theologie noch?" oder "Kann das Konzept minjung, ein koreanischer Begriff, für die Armen und Unterdrückten, noch eine sinnvolle Perspektive bieten, wenn wir über die Veränderung unserer Gesellschaft nachdenken, um dem Reich Gottes näherzukommen?" Die Autoren kommen aus Korea, Deutschland, Hong Kong, Indonesien, Taiwan, den Philippinen und den USA. Sie setzen sich mit der Minjung-Theologie vor dem Hintergrund ihrer eigenen Kontexte auseinander, um den vor 30 Jahren verstorbenen Minjung-Theologen Suh Nam-Dong zu ehren.

Author: Hee An Choi
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608333833
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Korean women are nurtured in a culture dominated by patriarchy and often understand God within this context, another form of authority that is easily displeased and quick to judge. Although it is rare to find pastoral ministry programs sensitive to women's needs, the author shows how such programs would transform women's lives by introducing them to a God to love and understanding and empowering them to help transform society.

Author: Haeyoung Na
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Languages : en
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For a long time, creation stories in the Bible have been understood in their Hebraic and Hellenstic structures. Christian symbols in those stories such as light and darkness, man and woman, and the sky and earth were not mainly free from Hellenistic influences. Symbols in Hellenism were identified in terms of domination and subordination, or in those of superiority and inferiority. These views penetrated into the Christian interpretation of the creation story. This new era needs a new interpretation based on a non-dualistic and egalitarian understanding. In the first chapter, the newly arisen necessity for a new interpretation is discussed. The new interpretation will be derived from the cosmic model of equality of the Korean people in terms of yin and yang. The second chapter studies the relation between the yin-yang theory and Christian theology. Using the concept of "local theology," this chapter finds that the truth that was revealed in a local culture cannot be different from the truth that the Bible itself declares. Chapter three examines the ways in which the major religions of Korea grew and developed within the Korean soil. Because Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity have all consecutively dominated the country at one point or another, Korea is a good place to assess various religious influences on its people. Surprisingly under the current of major religions, the religion that offers the most useful cosmic frame to Korean people is shamanism. Chapter four explores the four religious features found in Korean people's lives: the source of energy, the resolution of han (haewon), reconciliation, and the great unity. Chapter five links the yin-yang theory to God's creation. It describes how the four features were manifested during the creation, and finally concludes that all creatures were in sahngsang (a relationship in which creatures mutually help each other) in God's original plan. In other words, none of them were excluded from the beginning; they were perfectly harmonized; and none were either superior or inferior. This interpretation will help Christians to understand the world itself and the relationship between man and woman anew.

Author: Sang Yun Lee
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532663277
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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Lee advocates a “theology of hope,” essentially different from the Moltmann version on which the idea is developed. Lee shows how Cho’s message, particularly in its promise of a “saved” healthy, happy and prosperous life (the “Threefold Blessing”), was the antidote to the events that had ravaged the Korean peninsula in the 1950s. At the same time, Asian Pentecostal scholars might also need a greater appreciation for both the diversity and richness of their cultural and religious past. . . . [They] have found both culturally and biblically acceptable alternatives to, and adaptations from, the practices of their ancient religions and are seeking to provide answers to the needs of their own context. —Allan H. Anderson, University of Birmingham, England (From the Foreword)

Author: Hyo Seok Lim
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725289199
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Any Christian who lives in such a broken world may ask God what their role would be as the person who is reconciled with God, and about the implications of the vertical dimension of reconciliation. Many would agree that the vertical and horizontal dimensions of reconciliation should not be separated. It is, however, still necessary to examine further. For instance, what does the inseparableness of the two dimensions actually mean—in theory and practice? How does the vertical dimension of reconciliation become the source and foundation of the horizontal dimension? How should the church maintain its theology of reconciliation, which includes both dimensions? All these questions point to an underlying question: what is the relationship between the vertical and horizontal dimensions of reconciliation? This book explores this question, interacting with the four thinkers and practitioners of reconciliation, Karl Barth, Miroslav Volf, Son Yang-Won, and Desmond Tutu, and assessing the theology of a leading theologian in the discourse of mission as reconciliation, Robert Schreiter. Based on the discussions, it presents a proposal for a more wholesome and robust understanding of reconciliation for the discourse in mission studies, which can be applied to any broken context, including the Korean peninsula.

Author: Minseok Kim
Publisher: LIT Verlag
ISBN: 3643963483
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Public Theology is one of the most important topics in the field of theology across the world but not in Korea. There are several historical and theological reasons for this indifference of Korean Reformed Christianity as the mainstream in Korea. In order to dispel doubts of Korean Reformed Christianity to the public theological approaches it is necessary to demonstrates a coherence between some characteristics of public theology and Reformed theology. This study analyses and utilises the six characteristics of public theology presented by Heinrich Bedford-Strohm as a lens to engage aspects of John Calvin's theology and the period of the Reformation in Geneva. Based on this work, the author re-examines the history of Korean Christianity with a public theological point of view and asserts the justification for Korean Reformed Christianity to actively embrace public theological approaches. Minseok Kim is a Research Fellow at the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology and Researcher at the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology at University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Author: Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1608992136
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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The Grace of Sophia reaches out to Korean North American women, including former victims of severe religious and cultural suffering in Korea and current casualties of racism, classism, and sexism in North America. By sharing her own views on racism, the patriarchal Korean society, and multifaith understandings of wisdom, author Grace Ji-Sun Kim offers strength for the journey to empowerment and hope in the search for a liberative Korean North American women's Christology.