The Christian impact on the shaping of the First Republic of Korea, 1945-48: anti-communism or vision for a new nation?

Although Christianity was a new and small religion in Korea at the time, in 1945-48 Christian politicians and church leaders were prominent in establishing an independent South Korea as the Cold War began. Kang In-cheol and others argue that this was because Christians were prejudiced against commun...

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Authors: Kim, Kirsteen 1959- (Author) ; Kim, Sebastian C. H. 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2018]
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2018, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 402-417
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B South Korea / Republic / Nation / Christianity / Political influencing / History 1945-1948
Further subjects:B Cold War
B Nationalism
B Communism
B Religious Freedom
B Christianity
B Democratisation
B Korea
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)