Minjung Theology Today
Contextual and Intercultural Perspectives
edited by Jin-Kwan Kwon
Paperback (Out of print)
(June 2018)
ISBN: 9783374050710
6.06 x 9.09 inches
Price: $44.00
On back order
Many people may wonder about the current state of minjung theology that started in the 1970s in resistance to the military dictatorship in Korea. They ask: “Is minjung theology still alive?” or “Can the concept of minjung, a Korean term for poor and oppressed people, still offer a significant contribution to the reshaping of society closer to the Kingdom of God?” The essays in this volume attempt to answer such questions directly and indirectly. The authors are from Korea, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, and the United States. They deal with minjung theology from their own contexts. The essays were written to commemorate the late minjung theologian Suh Nam-Dong (1918-1984) on the 30th anniversary of his passing.
Jin-Kwan Kwon, Ph.D. (*1952) is Professor of Theology at Sungkonghoe University in Seoul, Korea. His major works are Theology of Subjects: Toward a New Minjung Theology (Taiwan: PTCA, 2011); in Korean: Minjung as the Symbol of Jesus, Jesus as the Symbol of Minjung (Seoul, Korea: Dongyon, 2009), The Holy Spirit: the Life of Minjung (Nanum, 2001), Let Us Tell the Stories of Salvation (CLS-Korea, 1998), and The Holy Spirit and Minjung (Korea Institute of Theology, 1993).
- Edited by Volker Kuster
- Edited by Jin-Kwan Kwon
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