Description: In this volume, an attempt is undertaken to highlight
the genesis, progress, and transformation of Asian contextual
theology of minjung, introducing its historical point of departure,
its development, and its transformation in light of younger Korean
and Korean American scholars' endeavors. In this regard, the new
Asian contextual theology, which is emerging, strives to integrate
both minjung and the wisdom of World Religions into its own
framework and direction, assuming the character of a public
theology and remaining humble and open before God's mystery while
featuring its association with minjung in a holistic way.
Endorsements: ""Beginning in 1973 with the publication of The
Theological Declaration of Korean Christians, Minjung theology
grasped the attention of the world. Its authors paid a high price
for their commitment to the Korean people and especially to the
exploited poor.... Although they were part of a worldwide
liberation movement, they clearly did their own thinking and
carried out their own scholarship. Minjung theology employed
sophisticated scholarly methods learned from Western Christians.
But it was a fully contextualized form of theology able to enter
into discussion with theologians from other countries as an
important expression of global Christian thought.... The heart of
the book is made up of the contributions of Korean scholars.
However, to add to its international character, the editors have
included essays by North American and European theologians as well.
Many of us are happy in this way to make any contribution we can to
revitalizing discussion between progressive Korean theologians and
the West.""--John B. Cobb Jr., from the Foreword ""Minjung theology
is the first liberation theology to come from Asia, with critical
questions put to the First World, and questions too challenging the
modernization of South Korea according to Western standards....
Minjung theology is not a theology that has been made culturally
indigenous, like 'yellow theology' before it. It is a contextual
theology of the suffering people in Korea, and is therefore open
for people all over the world, the people of God's kingdom whom
Jesus called blessed. Minjung theology is also the first political
theology to exist in Korea, inasmuch as it is bound up with the
struggle for human and civil rights, and turns Christians from
being a 'people of the church' into 'the congregation of the
people.'""--Jurgen Moltmann, Professor Emeritus at the University
of Tubingen, Germany About the Contributor(s): Kim Kyoung-Jae is
Professor Emeritus in Systematic Theology and Cultural Studies at
Han Shin Theological Seminary, Seoul, South Korea. Paul S. Chung is
Assistant Professor of Lutheran Witness and World Christianity at
Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. Veli-Matti
Karkkainen is Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller
Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.
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