구약성서의 관점에서 본 한국교회의 위기와 극복 방향 (The Crisis of Korean Churches and Its Ways of Revival from the Perspectives of the Old Testament)

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· 저자명 : 서명수

초록

In Korean history, especially from the last quarter of 19th century to the first half of 1980s, Korean protestant churches had contributed to the maintenance of peace, stability and social development through educational-medical mission, social welfare and spiritual messages. Yet it has been pointed out that the Korean protestant churches stand on the verge of serious crisis. It started from the olympic game, 1988, held in Seoul. Korea had been in high repute among global societies, and achieved political democracy and free overseas trip. In terms of economic development service industry and sector of leisure-sports have rapidly increased. At last Korean society came to enjoy the fruits of quick growth for three decades. Korean churches were not exceptional.
However, these changes led Korean churches to new problems which had never been recognized by Korean churches. In the second half of 1990s Korean society entered the so-called society of knowledge-information, and values of image and brand became a social agenda. The quantitative growth of churches got into stagnation or diminution, and churches began to loose their credit including good image and prestige in Korean societies. Reversely, the membership of the Korean Buddhism and the Catholic church has been respectively increasing by 5 working days in a week and integrated image.
Shamanistic thinking and behaviour without self-crucifixion, Deus ex Mammon, breaking off continuity with Korean traditions, and poverty of vision for the future have been frequently pointed out as the main causes of crisis. For this reasons in this paper as an attempt for solving the problems of Korean churches three alternatives are suggested as follows: Firstly, Korean churches must pay more attention to the so-called 'religion of ear' rather than 'the religion of eye'. Basically the biblical religion insists on the aniconic faith based on the second commendment. In ancient near eastern religions the icons are related with gods(polytheism). But monotheism in Israelite religion denies any icons related to a deity. In terms of religious metaphor an eye stands for covetousness, whereas an ear for hearing of the words of God(Torah). Secondly, remembrance is very important. Ancient Israelite faith and confession depended on the remembrance of Magnalia Dei. To remember(zākar) is not to forget(lō’ šākhaḥ) and to put in the mind(śûm ‘al-lēbh). Thirdly, it is important to create a vision of the future. In the exilic period Israelite prophets such as Ezekiel and Second-Isaiah had suggested some visions of the future for the new temple and homecoming to new home.

영어초록

In Korean history, especially from the last quarter of 19th century to the first half of 1980s, Korean protestant churches had contributed to the maintenance of peace, stability and social development through educational-medical mission, social welfare and spiritual messages. Yet it has been pointed out that the Korean protestant churches stand on the verge of serious crisis. It started from the olympic game, 1988, held in Seoul. Korea had been in high repute among global societies, and achieved political democracy and free overseas trip. In terms of economic development service industry and sector of leisure-sports have rapidly increased. At last Korean society came to enjoy the fruits of quick growth for three decades. Korean churches were not exceptional.
However, these changes led Korean churches to new problems which had never been recognized by Korean churches. In the second half of 1990s Korean society entered the so-called society of knowledge-information, and values of image and brand became a social agenda. The quantitative growth of churches got into stagnation or diminution, and churches began to loose their credit including good image and prestige in Korean societies. Reversely, the membership of the Korean Buddhism and the Catholic church has been respectively increasing by 5 working days in a week and integrated image.
Shamanistic thinking and behaviour without self-crucifixion, Deus ex Mammon, breaking off continuity with Korean traditions, and poverty of vision for the future have been frequently pointed out as the main causes of crisis. For this reasons in this paper as an attempt for solving the problems of Korean churches three alternatives are suggested as follows: Firstly, Korean churches must pay more attention to the so-called 'religion of ear' rather than 'the religion of eye'. Basically the biblical religion insists on the aniconic faith based on the second commendment. In ancient near eastern religions the icons are related with gods(polytheism). But monotheism in Israelite religion denies any icons related to a deity. In terms of religious metaphor an eye stands for covetousness, whereas an ear for hearing of the words of God(Torah). Secondly, remembrance is very important. Ancient Israelite faith and confession depended on the remembrance of Magnalia Dei. To remember(zākar) is not to forget(lō’ šākhaḥ) and to put in the mind(śûm ‘al-lēbh). Thirdly, it is important to create a vision of the future. In the exilic period Israelite prophets such as Ezekiel and Second-Isaiah had suggested some visions of the future for the new temple and homecoming to new home.

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