Two sacred tales in the Seoul metropolis: The gospels of prosperity and development in modernizing South Korea

This article examines the ways in which the emergence of the Seoul Capital Area offered both opportunities and challenges to religious actors in modernizing South Korea. South Korea rebuilt itself from the ruins of the Korean War through an accelerated process of urbanization and industrialization i...

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Main Author: Suh, Myung-Sahm (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2019]
In: Social compass
Year: 2019, Volume: 66, Issue: 4, Pages: 561-578
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B South Korea / Gospel of prosperity / Modernization / City population / Poverty
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Theology of Development
B South Korea
B théologie du développement
B Prosperity Gospel
B urban poverty
B pauvreté urbaine
B aspirations religieuses
B Corée du Sud
B religious aspirations
B théologie de la prospérité
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