Becoming a Christian and Practicing Comparative Theology for a Korean Theologian
Abstract Koreans live in a religiously pluralistic and tolerant society, and the idea of an exclusive membership of one religion is still foreign to many. In the first part of this paper, I will explore the development of the concept of “religion” and “religious belonging” or “religious identity” in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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International journal of Asian christianity
Year: 2020, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 224-235 |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Religious Identity B Korean Christianity |
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| Summary: | Abstract Koreans live in a religiously pluralistic and tolerant society, and the idea of an exclusive membership of one religion is still foreign to many. In the first part of this paper, I will explore the development of the concept of “religion” and “religious belonging” or “religious identity” in the West, and its imposition on Asian people. Then I will reflect on the establishment of my own religious identity, that is, becoming a Christian in a religiously pluralistic society. In the second part, I will discuss further how my studying comparative theology as an Asian convert to Christianity is distinguished from the work of western Christian comparative theologians. |
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| ISSN: | 2542-4246 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of Asian christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/25424246-00302009 |