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Session Description
The spread of Christianity in Korea is proverbial since the arrival of Jesuits in 1789 and Protestant missions in 1884. Today, thirty per cent of the nation’s population adheres to Christianity. The Protestant share (19%) is the largest among Asia states, while the Catholic share (11%) is the third largest. Less noted and understood, though, is the tapestry of Korean worship practices that emerged in the context of other religious traditions, war and post-war growth, and a Korean consciousness of struggle and suffering. These influences proffer a distinctive Koreanness of Christian worship that relates closely to God’s liberating intervention for a people who perceive their need to move beyond oppression.
Conference Title
2014 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-31-2014
Event Type
Workshop/Seminar
Type (recording/text)
Recording
Subject Area
Worship
Topic
Culturally-Contextual Worship
Recommended Citation
Lee, Won, "Worship in Korean Christian Communities" (2014). Symposium on Worship Archive. 64.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2014/allitems/64
Worship in Korean Christian Communities
The spread of Christianity in Korea is proverbial since the arrival of Jesuits in 1789 and Protestant missions in 1884. Today, thirty per cent of the nation’s population adheres to Christianity. The Protestant share (19%) is the largest among Asia states, while the Catholic share (11%) is the third largest. Less noted and understood, though, is the tapestry of Korean worship practices that emerged in the context of other religious traditions, war and post-war growth, and a Korean consciousness of struggle and suffering. These influences proffer a distinctive Koreanness of Christian worship that relates closely to God’s liberating intervention for a people who perceive their need to move beyond oppression.