A Protestant Theology of Passion: Korean Minjung Theology Revisited

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-17523-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 553 g

Reihe: Studies in Systematic Theology

Minjung Theology is introduced here through theological biographical sketches of its main representatives. They formulated a protestant liberation theology under the South Korean military dictatorship of the 1970s and 80s. Their strong emphasis on the suffering (han) of the people (minjung) led them to the formulation of a genuine theology of the cross in Asia. Volker Küster explores the reception of Minjung Theology and raises the question what happened to it during the democratization process and the rise of globalization in the 1990s. Interpretations of art works by Minjung artists provide deep insights into these transformation processes. Prologue and epilogue abstract from the Korean case and offer a concise theory of contextual theology in an intercultural framework.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Küster, Volker

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Sonstige Theologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Andere und Moderne Christliche Glaubensgemeinschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by David Kwang-Sun Suh. xi
Writing from this place. xix

Prologue: Theology in Context. 1

1 People as the Subjects of History. 19

2 Re-/constructing Korean Identity: The Minjung Culture Movement. 27

3 Theology and Biography: Theological Identity Re-/constructed. 55

4 Jesus and the Minjung: Ahn Byung-Mu (1922-1996). 59

5 A Confluence of Two Traditions: Suh Nam-Dong (1918-1984). 79

6 Fools for Christ’s Sake: Hyun Young-Hak (1921-2004). 87

7 Theology as a Social Biography of the Minjung: Kim Yong-Bock (*1938). 95

8 A Plea for a Survival-Liberation centered Syncretism: Chung Hyun-Kyung (*1956). 103

9 Contextual Challenges: Minjung Theology in Intercultural Perspective. 115

10 Contextual Transformations: Minjung Theology Yesterday and Today. 131

Epilogue: Contextual Theologies as Open Systems. 151

Bibliography on Minjung Theology. 157

Index of Persons. 163
Figures. 167

Über Autor(innen)

Rev. Dr. Volker Küster was born in 1962. Since 2002 he is Professor of Crosscultural Theology at the Protestant Theological University in Kampen (The Netherlands).Among his publications are: Theologie im Kontext, 1995; Jesus und das Volk im Markusevangelium, 1996 (Korean 2006); The Many Faces of Jesus Christ, 2001 (German 1999); God/Terreur, 2008. contact: [e-mail].