Protestantisms and the Design of South Korea

• Published in: Korea journal Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 30 - 57
• Main Author: Kim, Kun-woo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul The Academy of Korean Studies 01.12.2020; Korean National Comission for UNESCO; 한국학중앙연구원
• Subjects: Christianity; Genealogy; Modernity; Nation building; Political history; Political parties; Progressivism; Protestantism; Protestants; Social reform; 한국어와문학; South Korea; statism; Hanshin; Northern Presbyterian Church; Non-church Movement; social reconstruction; anti-statism; Protestantisms; Japanese Protestantism; Sasanggye

The blueprint for the Republic of Korea was drawn up in large part by northern Protestants who moved south following the division of the Korean Peninsula. This paper elucidates the profoundly important role they played in nation-building, highlighting the existence of multiple, functionally distinct...