عنوان

Christianity's Role in the Modernization and Revitalization of Korean Society in the Twentieth-Century

شماره

LA113095

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Christianity's Role in the Modernization and Revitalization of Korean Society in the Twentieth-Century

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Kirsteen Kim

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The development of South Korea and its growth to become the world's eleventh largest economy has been accompanied by the introduction of Christianity and its increase to become the major religious group, to which nearly thirty per cent of the population are affiliated. This article probes the connection between these two spectacular examples of development; economic and religious. By highlighting moments or episodes of Christian contribution to aspects of development in Korean history and linking these to relevant aspects of Korean Christian theology, there is shown to be a constructive, although not always intentional, link between Korean Christianity and national development. The nature of the Christian contribution is seen not primarily in terms of the work ethic it engenders (as argued by Max Weber in the case of European capitalism) but mainly in the realm of aspirations (visions, hope) of a new society and motivation (inspiration, empowerment) to put them into effect. In other words, it was the public theology of Christianity that played a highly significant role in the modernization and revitalization of Korean society in the twentieth century. The development of South Korea and its growth to become the world's eleventh largest economy has been accompanied by the introduction of Christianity and its increase to become the major religious group, to which nearly thirty per cent of the population are affiliated. This article probes the connection between these two spectacular examples of development; economic and religious. By highlighting moments or episodes of Christian contribution to aspects of development in Korean history and linking these to relevant aspects of Korean Christian theology, there is shown to be a constructive, although not always intentional, link between Korean Christianity and national development. The nature of the Christian contribution is seen not primarily in terms of the work ethic it engenders (as argued by Max Weber in the case of European capitalism) but mainly in the realm of aspirations (visions, hope) of a new society and motivation (inspiration, empowerment) to put them into effect. In other words, it was the public theology of Christianity that played a highly significant role in the modernization and revitalization of Korean society in the twentieth century.

تاريخ نشر

2010

توصيف ظاهري

212-236

عنوان

International Journal of Public Theology

شماره جلد

4/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1569-7320

اصطلاح موضوعی

Christianity

اصطلاح موضوعی

economic development

اصطلاح موضوعی

Korea

اصطلاح موضوعی

new religious movements

اصطلاح موضوعی

revitalization

اصطلاح موضوعی

revival

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Kirsteen Kim

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/156973210X491903

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y