한국 교회: 폭력의 원천인가, 도피성인가? (Are Korean churches sources of violences or cities of refuge?)

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· 발행기관 : 한국구약학회
· 수록지 정보 : 구약논단 / 14권 / 1호 / 51 ~ 69페이지
· 저자명 : 김지찬

초록

한국 사회의 다양한 폭력의 양상을 분석해 보면 한국 교회는 폭력의 가해자일 수도 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 수 20장을 주해하여, 한국 교회가 폭력 피해자를 도울 수 있는 방안을 제안하려고 한다. 한국 교회가 폭력의 가해자일 수 있다는 인식의 전환과 함께, 본 논문은 한국 교회는 폭력의 피해자들을 위한 도피성이 되는 길을 모색한다.

영어초록

The purpose of this paper is to provide a few helpful and constructive suggestions for Korean churches who want to fulfill their essential mission as 'cities of refuge.' In the past decades Korean churches have been both victims of violences and doers of violences. Nowadays it is universally admitted that human life, directly or indirectly, cannot be separated from violence. The study of past Korean church history shows us that even churches and Christians have committed violence toward others. Therefore we have to raise serious questions as following: Whether our churches, in stead of becoming 'cities of refuge,' have rather become sources of violence in modern Korean societies or not? If our churches are to fulfill its essential mission as 'cities of refuge,' how could they deal with the victims of violence in Korea?
In order to answer these questions we have to do literary analyses on Joshua 20, one of the classical texts on the topic of cities of refuge. The methodology of this paper is a grammatical-historical-theological method.
On the basis of this exegetical work we can offer Korean churches following suggestions. In the beginning, Korean churches should not boast that they have not - at least consciously - used violence toward anyone, but should admit the undeniable fact that they have unconsciously done violence to societies and even to other churches because of survival and competition within churches themselves. Secondly, Korean churches should proclaim the good will that churches, as modern version of 'cities of refuge', will always be ready to welcome any victims of violence. The churches should not be satisfied with helping the victims financially and legally. More importantly, worship and sermon should be consciously designed and acted out to help them spiritually and morally. That is because sometimes the preachers unconsciously do violence to the already victimized people by standing beside the strong and the rich while delivering sermons. Finally, Korean churches should develope and establish concrete - social, legal, and financial - systems of helping the victims and provide spaces for counseling and shelter in the church to help them.

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