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A Protestant Theology of Passion: Korean Minjung Theology Revisited
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A Protestant Theology of Passion: Korean Minjung Theology Revisited Unknown - 2010

by Volker Kuster


From the rear cover

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.

Details

  • Title A Protestant Theology of Passion: Korean Minjung Theology Revisited
  • Author Volker Kuster
  • Binding unknown
  • Publisher BRILL
  • Date 2010-03
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9789004175235
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
    • Religious Orientation: Christian

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2010, Page 23

About the author

Rev. Dr. Volker Kster was born in 1962. Since 2002 he is Professor of Crosscultural Theology at the Protestant Theological University in Kampen (The Netherlands).Among his publications are: Theologie im Kontext, 1995; Jesus und das Volk im Markusevangelium, 1996 (Korean 2006); The Many Faces of Jesus Christ, 2001 (German 1999); God/Terreur, 2008. contact: vkuester@pthu.nl.