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International Development and Public Religion: Changing Dynamics of Christian Mission in South Korea

International Development and Public Religion: Changing Dynamics of Christian Mission in South Korea

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Series: American Society of Missiology Monograph, Book 27

Christian LivingGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1498239897
ISBN13: 9781498239899
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: Feb 23 2016
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Over the past few decades Christianity in the global South has grown exponentially in size and influence, with many centers emerging around the globe, such as Brazil, South Korea, and Nigeria. One remarkable phenomenon in this process is the rise of faith-based, humanitarian, international, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). While traveling to about seventy different countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Haemin Lee has witnessed the surge of faith-based NGOs all around the world. This book explores the role that religion plays in encountering secular society from various angles by drawing upon discourses in mission studies, sociology of religion, and anthropology of development. Specifically, it probes the development practices of two major Korean organizations, Korea Food for the Hungry International and Good Neighbors. This book investigates the following hypothesis: humanitarian care through international development NGOs appears to be the growing interest of Korean Christian mission and this shows a new direction of Korean Christianity as public religion. However, on closer examination, a more complex reality emerges in which diverse theological and developmental ideals motivate the Korean NGOs' humanitarian efforts.

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