이주 무슬림의 한국 사회 정착에 대한 선교적 고찰 (Mission Considerations of Immigrant Muslim’s Residence in Korean Society)

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· 발행기관 : 한국선교신학회
· 수록지 정보 : 선교신학 / 21권 / 21호 / 197 ~ 231페이지
· 저자명 : 김영남

초록

Migration is one of the global aspects in these days, which leads
people to the cross-cultural experiences. In the religious perspectives,
migration will impact on statistics of believers in the world religions
in the areas and give opportunities of propagation to each religion.
Korean society is facing to challenges of immigrants, especially
from the Islamic world because of their unique religious culture.
There are, however, not many scholars to research on immigrant
Muslims in Korean society who mount up to almost 15% of the total
immigration population.
Many countries in the Europe are struggling with muslim
immigrants. Europe had experienced muslim immigrants in Spain
where muslims had ruled from 711 until 1492. At that time the
christians in the west had responded in various ways to the challenges
of the muslims. It can be called a paradigm of coexistence, rejection,
confrontation, and mission with love.
These days West countries facing the challenges of muslim
immigrants are seeking the solutions of the social problems which
are happened by muslim immigrants’s unique religious culture. Korean society also faces to the same problems. Actually Korean
society had experienced Arabian people or muslims since Tongil
Shinlla through Goyreo and Chosun dynasties, but they were not
religious. The small religious group that had started by Turkish
soldiers in 1955 has developed to an influential religious group
backing up by oil power. Korean economic growth brought workers
from Islamic countries since the late of 1980’s.
According to researches about muslim immigrants in Korea, most
of muslim immigrants are classified into three status like as worker,
student, and business man. Muslim immigrants form social networks
centering the mosques and Islamic centers which function shelters
as well as religious roles for them. Muslims live together area near
the workshops and opened prayer places for their religious lives. The
most difficulty that many muslims have in adjustment to Korean
society is religious matter. There are over 60 mosques and Islamic
centers, which almost consist of immigrants.
One of the serious problems that muslim immigrants bring out
is that muslims seduces Korean women into the marriages to get
the visa in spite of having wives in their home countries. Korean
christians consider this matter as a strategy of Islamization. We,
however, must deal with this problem in social approach to avoid
religious conflict. That which categories of assimilation, integration,
separation, and marginalization muslims would belong to depends on
our attitudes toward them.
Christians show mostly two reflexactions to muslim immigrants in
Korea: 1. Muslim's residence in Korean society is one of ‘Dawa’
strategies. This view can be accepted in terms of that all religion intends to propagate. In fact, most of muslims who are in Korea
play roles of Islamic missionaries and Korean muslims who were
students in Islamic countries now are initiating spreading the Islam
in Korean society through academic activities. But this view might
bring forth hostility and aggressiveness to others.
2. Muslim’s residence in Korea is an opportunity for Christian
mission. This view suggests that the centrifugal mission should shift
into the centripetal mission to immigrants muslims. Many Korean
churches have ministered to immigrants, but make a lot of mistakes
rather than bearing fruits because of lacks of understanding about
the muslim society and the Islam.
Concludingly this paper gives some proposals in the face of
muslim's presences in Korea society. First, Korean church should
recover the nature of the church. And christians should be letters
of the Christ to the muslims. Christians should offer motives for
muslims to ask what is hope in christians, give the answer. Unless
Korean church tries to fill up the hearts of spiritual emptiness,
Korean church might be at the stake of wreck. Second, Church
should open to the world with the attitude to communicate to others,
so that the gospel may make known to others without indifference.
To restore the beautiful and healthy community like as the church
which Acts 2:43ff referred. It might be very attractive to muslims
who consider community to be necessary in their faith life. Third,
Church must recovery the true doctrine, eschatology. Last, To
prevent christians from religious conflict with muslims, Korean
church need deeper studies of christian scholars about muslims.

영어초록

Migration is one of the global aspects in these days, which leads
people to the cross-cultural experiences. In the religious perspectives,
migration will impact on statistics of believers in the world religions
in the areas and give opportunities of propagation to each religion.
Korean society is facing to challenges of immigrants, especially
from the Islamic world because of their unique religious culture.
There are, however, not many scholars to research on immigrant
Muslims in Korean society who mount up to almost 15% of the total
immigration population.
Many countries in the Europe are struggling with muslim
immigrants. Europe had experienced muslim immigrants in Spain
where muslims had ruled from 711 until 1492. At that time the
christians in the west had responded in various ways to the challenges
of the muslims. It can be called a paradigm of coexistence, rejection,
confrontation, and mission with love.
These days West countries facing the challenges of muslim
immigrants are seeking the solutions of the social problems which
are happened by muslim immigrants’s unique religious culture. Korean society also faces to the same problems. Actually Korean
society had experienced Arabian people or muslims since Tongil
Shinlla through Goyreo and Chosun dynasties, but they were not
religious. The small religious group that had started by Turkish
soldiers in 1955 has developed to an influential religious group
backing up by oil power. Korean economic growth brought workers
from Islamic countries since the late of 1980’s.
According to researches about muslim immigrants in Korea, most
of muslim immigrants are classified into three status like as worker,
student, and business man. Muslim immigrants form social networks
centering the mosques and Islamic centers which function shelters
as well as religious roles for them. Muslims live together area near
the workshops and opened prayer places for their religious lives. The
most difficulty that many muslims have in adjustment to Korean
society is religious matter. There are over 60 mosques and Islamic
centers, which almost consist of immigrants.
One of the serious problems that muslim immigrants bring out
is that muslims seduces Korean women into the marriages to get
the visa in spite of having wives in their home countries. Korean
christians consider this matter as a strategy of Islamization. We,
however, must deal with this problem in social approach to avoid
religious conflict. That which categories of assimilation, integration,
separation, and marginalization muslims would belong to depends on
our attitudes toward them.
Christians show mostly two reflexactions to muslim immigrants in
Korea: 1. Muslim's residence in Korean society is one of ‘Dawa’
strategies. This view can be accepted in terms of that all religion intends to propagate. In fact, most of muslims who are in Korea
play roles of Islamic missionaries and Korean muslims who were
students in Islamic countries now are initiating spreading the Islam
in Korean society through academic activities. But this view might
bring forth hostility and aggressiveness to others.
2. Muslim’s residence in Korea is an opportunity for Christian
mission. This view suggests that the centrifugal mission should shift
into the centripetal mission to immigrants muslims. Many Korean
churches have ministered to immigrants, but make a lot of mistakes
rather than bearing fruits because of lacks of understanding about
the muslim society and the Islam.
Concludingly this paper gives some proposals in the face of
muslim's presences in Korea society. First, Korean church should
recover the nature of the church. And christians should be letters
of the Christ to the muslims. Christians should offer motives for
muslims to ask what is hope in christians, give the answer. Unless
Korean church tries to fill up the hearts of spiritual emptiness,
Korean church might be at the stake of wreck. Second, Church
should open to the world with the attitude to communicate to others,
so that the gospel may make known to others without indifference.
To restore the beautiful and healthy community like as the church
which Acts 2:43ff referred. It might be very attractive to muslims
who consider community to be necessary in their faith life. Third,
Church must recovery the true doctrine, eschatology. Last, To
prevent christians from religious conflict with muslims, Korean
church need deeper studies of christian scholars about muslims.

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