Christianity in Korea / edited by Robert E. Buswell, Jr. and Timothy S. Lee.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-391) and index.

A quarter-millennium of Christianity in Korea /  James Huntley Grayson --  Human relations as expressed in vernacular Catholic writings of the late Chosŏn Dynasty /  Cho Kwang --  Kollumba Kang Wansuk, an early Catholic activist and martyr /  Gari Ledyard --  Chinese Protestant literature and the early Korean Protestantism /  Sung-Deuk Oak --  Church and state relations in the Japanese colonial period /  Wi Jo Kang --  Cradle of the covenant : Ahn Changho and the Christian roots of the Korean Constitution /  Jacqueline Pak --  Preaching the apocalypse in colonial Korea : the Protestant millennialism of Kil Sŏn-ju /  Chong Bum Kim --  Mothers, daughters, Biblewomen, and sisters : an account of "women's work" in the Korea mission field /  Donald N. Clark --  Carrying the torch in the darkest hours : the sociopolitical origins of Minjung Protestant movements /  Paul Yunsik Chang --  Minjung theology's biblical hermeneutics : an examination of Minjung theology's appropriation of the Exodus account /  Wonil Kim --  Korean Protestants and the reunification movement /  Yi Mahn-yol --  The division and reunification of a nation : theological reflections on the destiny of the Korean people /  Anselm Kyongsuk Min --  Sibling rivalry in twentieth-century Korea : comparative growth rates of Catholic and Protestant communities /  Donald Baker --  Modernization and the explosive growth and decline of Korean Protestant religiosity /  Byong-suh Kim --  Beleaguered success : Korean Evangelicalism in the last decade of the twentieth century /  Timothy S. Lee --  In search of healing : evangelical conversion of women in contemporary South Korea /  Kelly H. Chong --  The Christian-Buddhist encounter in Korea /  Kang-nam Oh.

"Despite the significance of Korea in world Christianity and the crucial role Christianity plays in contemporary Korean religious life, the tradition has been little studied in the West. Christianity in Korea seeks to fill this lacuna by providing a wide-ranging overview of the growth and development of Korean Christianity and the implications that development has had for Korean politics, interreligious dialogue, and gender and social issues. It brings together scholars in history, sociology, theology, and comparative religion to examine Korean Christianity from a multidisciplinary perspective."--Jacket.

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Contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Believers, martyrs and missionaries, 1592-1876; 3. Evangelism, patriotism and revivalism, 1876-1910; 4. Oppression, resistance and millennial hope, 1910-45; 5. Liberation, service and divisions, 1945-61; 6. Growth, thought and struggle, 1961-88; 7. Missions, reconciliation and public life, 1988 to the present.

"With a third of South Koreans now identifying themselves as Christian, Christian churches play an increasingly prominent role in the social and political events of the Korean peninsula. Sebastian Kim and Kirsteen Kim's comprehensive and timely history of different Christian denominations in Korea includes surveys of the Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions as well as new church movements. They examine the Korean Christian diaspora and missionary movements from South Korea and also give cutting-edge insights into North Korea. This book, the first recent one-volume history and analysis of Korean Christianity in English, highlights the challenges faced by the Christian churches in view of Korea's distinctive and multireligious cultural heritage, South Korea's rapid rise in global economic power and the precarious state of North Korea, which threatens global peace. This History will be an important resource for all students of world Christianity, Korean studies and mission studies"-- Provided by publisher.