Jesus of Korea [electronic resource] :savior of the people / Paul Hyoshin Kim.
By: Kim, Paul Hyoshin [author.].
Contributor(s): Migliore, Daniel L [writer of foreword.] | Project Muse [distributor.] | Project Muse.
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BookPublisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016 2015); Minneapolis [Minnesota] : Fortress Press, [2016] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF (xv, 254 pages)).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781506406824; 1506406823.Subject(s): Korea -- Church history -- 20th century | Korea -- Church history -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. DDC classification: 275 Online resources: Full text available: Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254).
Foreword -- Introduction -- part I. Christian America and Confucian Korea -- 1. Jones 1867-1887 : experiencing the American Christ -- 2. Choe, 1858-1887 : confronting the Confucian challenge -- part II. Encountering the other -- 3. Jones, 1887-1892 : Going as an apostle to old Choson -- 4. Choe, 1888-1892 : drawing near to Jesus the western savior -- part III. Jesus the savior of the Korean people -- 5. Jones, 1892-1903 : witnessing God's power to save -- 6. Choe, 1893-1903 : preaching the great way of truth -- part IV. Jesus the savior of the Korean nation -- 7. Jones, 1903-1910 : building God's kingdom in Korea -- 8. Choe, 1903-1910 : birthing a new Korea -- Conclusion.
In 2010, nearly 30 percent of South Koreans--a country with a Confucian tradition over 1000 years old--identify as Christian, the largest percentage of Christians in an Asian nation, aside from the Philippines. Korea also boasts of having the largest church in the world; it also has the largest Presbyterian, Methodist, and Pentecostal churches in the world. Its vibrant spirituality, devout church life, and missionary zeal are well known around the world; its number of missionaries--nearly 20,000--is second only to US churches. How can we explain this religious revolution in modern Korea? Many people look to the 1970s and 1980s to find the cause of the rapid growth of Christianity in Korea. But to understand the real story behind the growth of the Korean church, we need to rediscover the story of the American missionary enterprises of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There, we will learn how the story of the "American Christ" came to Korea and gradually became a part of the Korean people's story. After the missions, he is no longer the American Christ, but Jesus of Korea.
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