The early Korean Protestant Churches’ impact on Korea’s democratisation: With special reference to the Korean Presbyterian Church

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title The early Korean Protestant Churches’ impact on Korea’s democratisation: With special reference to the Korean Presbyterian Church
 
Creator Hwang, Jae-Buhm
 
Subject theology; church history; sociology; missiology Korean Presbyterian church; missions in Korea; democracy in Korea; Nevius Methods
Description This study examines the significant influence of the early Korean Protestant churches in general and the Korean Presbyterian Church in particular on the early phases of Korea’s democratisation. Firstly, the Western Protestant mission works in general were visibly conducive for dissemination and cultivation of egalitarian and democratic ideals, with the mission churches becoming sites of do-it-yourself democracy. Secondly, the Nevius (Mission) Methods of the Korean Presbyterian Church came to foster the democratic spirit of self-support and self-government, resulting in its rapid growth. Thirdly, with the implementation of a nationwide, representative and democratic polity (presbytery) with a constitution, the church even facilitated law-binding and institutional democracy for Koreans in general and Korean Christians in particular. Fourthly, the church’s democratic working deeply inspired Korean democratic politicians, especially Mr Changho Ahn, who had an important influence on the making of the Provisional Government of Korea and its Constitution.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor Keimyung University
Date 2014-06-20
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — literary analysis; historical inquiry
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v70i1.2089
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 70, No 1 (2014); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Korea; Asia; Africa Around the turn of the 20th century mission churches
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Jae-Buhm Hwang https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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