칼빈 없는 칼빈주의와 자본주의? -개혁신앙에 근거한 사회-경제윤리 (Calvinism without Calvin? : The social-economic ethic in the reformed tradition)

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· 발행기관 : 연세대학교 한국기독교문화연구소
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· 저자명 : 정미현

초록

The Presbyterian Church of Korea, which accounts for about 70%
of all Korean Protestant churches, has deep roots in the Swiss
Reformation as defined by Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich and John Calvin
in Geneva. The year 2009 represents the 500th anniversary of the
birth of Calvin, who lived much of his life exiled from his native
France, and who didn’t want people to know where his grave would
be located. He didn’t seek glory, for glory belongs only to God.
Soli Deo Gloria! Out of respect for that modest spirit, now is not
the time to further praise him, but rather to remember the thrust
of his theological work within the reformed tradition.
Korean Presbyterianism has, however, also been strongly
influenced by the American Puritanism and Fundamentalism of the
19th Century, so we need to distinguish between Calvin and
Calvinism. To avoid misunderstanding his theology, it is important
to deal with his writings first hand.
In this article, the author focuses on Calvin’s social ethic and,
more particularly, the economic ethic in his historical context.
Calvin focused on justice issues on behalf of the socially weak and
marginalized. He allowed interest on investment, and challenged
the medieval ethic of ignoring labour issues while privileging the
contemplative life. He developed an attitude towards employment
as a calling, and emphasized the value of grace through Jesus Christ,
rather than through the accumulation of good deed and charity, or
of any self-fulfilment through religious masochism.
This article commemorates the economic and social justice issues
of Calvin’s theology, setting his Pneumatology and community
orientation within the context of a global economic crises. In the
Korean Presbyterian church we have already begun our new
mission, and are working towards it together. This needs to be
emphasized. Resistance against injustice in all its forms is a task
both of church and theology, unified in God’s Kingdom.

영어초록

The Presbyterian Church of Korea, which accounts for about 70%
of all Korean Protestant churches, has deep roots in the Swiss
Reformation as defined by Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich and John Calvin
in Geneva. The year 2009 represents the 500th anniversary of the
birth of Calvin, who lived much of his life exiled from his native
France, and who didn’t want people to know where his grave would
be located. He didn’t seek glory, for glory belongs only to God.
Soli Deo Gloria! Out of respect for that modest spirit, now is not
the time to further praise him, but rather to remember the thrust
of his theological work within the reformed tradition.
Korean Presbyterianism has, however, also been strongly
influenced by the American Puritanism and Fundamentalism of the
19th Century, so we need to distinguish between Calvin and
Calvinism. To avoid misunderstanding his theology, it is important
to deal with his writings first hand.
In this article, the author focuses on Calvin’s social ethic and,
more particularly, the economic ethic in his historical context.
Calvin focused on justice issues on behalf of the socially weak and
marginalized. He allowed interest on investment, and challenged
the medieval ethic of ignoring labour issues while privileging the
contemplative life. He developed an attitude towards employment
as a calling, and emphasized the value of grace through Jesus Christ,
rather than through the accumulation of good deed and charity, or
of any self-fulfilment through religious masochism.
This article commemorates the economic and social justice issues
of Calvin’s theology, setting his Pneumatology and community
orientation within the context of a global economic crises. In the
Korean Presbyterian church we have already begun our new
mission, and are working towards it together. This needs to be
emphasized. Resistance against injustice in all its forms is a task
both of church and theology, unified in God’s Kingdom.

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