| A Protestant Theology of Passion: Korean Minjung Theology Revisited Contributor(s): Küster, Volker (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004175237 ISBN-13: 9789004175235 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $144.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Ethics - Religion | Theology |
| Dewey: 230.046 |
| LCCN: 2009051493 |
| Series: Studies in Systematic Theology |
| Physical Information: 232 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 K ster 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. |