American Missionaries, Korean Protestants, and the Changing Shape of World Christianity, 1884-1965

American Missionaries, Korean Protestants, and the Changing Shape of World Christianity, 1884-1965
Author: William Yoo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1315525569

This book examines the partnerships and power struggles between American missionaries and Korean Protestant leaders in both nations from the late 19th century to the aftermath of the Korean War. Yoo analyzes American and Korean sources, including a plethora of unpublished archival materials, to uncover the complicated histories of cooperation and contestation behind the evolving relationships between Americans and Koreans at the same time the majority of the world Christian population shifted from the Global North to the Global South. American and Korean Protestants cultivated deep bonds with one another, but they also clashed over essential matters of ecclesial authority, cultural difference, geopolitics, and women’s leadership. This multifaceted approach – incorporating the perspectives of missionaries, migrants, ministers, diplomats, and interracial couples – casts new light on American and Korean Christianities and captures American and Korean Protestants mutually engaged in a global movement that helped give birth to new Christian traditions in Korea, created new transnational religious and humanitarian partnerships such as the World Vision organization, and transformed global Christian traditions ranging from Pentecostalism to Presbyterianism.

The Korean Pentecost and the Sufferings which Followed

The Korean Pentecost and the Sufferings which Followed
Author: William Newton Blair
Publisher: Banner of Truth
Total Pages: 159
Release: 1977
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780851512440

In 1977 the Trust published this remarkable account of the first 60 years or so of the modern church in Korea (mainly North Korea). William Blair (1876- 1970), in his first term of missionary service, was at the centre of the great revival of 1907, and his account of this and the events leading up to it forms the first part of the book. Blair includes a thrilling description of how the gospel first came to Korea. The account is then taken up by his son-in-law, Bruce Hunt (1903- 92) born in Pyengyang, now the capital of North Korea who shows how the revival was followed by a baptism of suffering under the Japanese and Communists. During his forty-eight years of missionary service in Korea, Hunt personally knew many of the Korean Christian martyrs. This new edition of The Korean Pentecost has been completely re-typeset, and includes twelve additional illustrations.

South Korea 1997 – 2013: My Journey

South Korea 1997 – 2013: My Journey
Author: Thomas Norton
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2023-05-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 166987253X

The purpose of this book is to present South Korea in a small way. The Reverend Thomas G. Norton spent much time over more than fifteen years in South Korea and had many involvements. The first part of this book will describe many of his experiences and adventures in the mission field and in churches and communities throughout South Korea. He does this through interesting and informative ways. The culture and customs are often unusual and frequently comical for Westerners in this land of the “Morning Calm” as it is called. Koreans’ thinking and actions are often opposite to those of Westerners. His depictions of these differences, the people, and its evolution are descriptive and vivid. The second part of the book is a collection of his sermons delivered mostly at the Shin Kwang Church () in Seong Nam (), a city adjacent to Seoul (), the capital of South Korea (). He also worked and preached at the Yang Dong Jee Ill Church () in Mokpo (). Also included in this book are about fifty full page color pictures. Norton has spoken and delivered sermons in many other parts of South Korea. His sermons speak directly or indirectly to Koreans and their situations, but also they speak to all people of the world.

The Holy Spirit Movement in Korea

The Holy Spirit Movement in Korea
Author: Young-Hoon Lee
Publisher: OCMS
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2009
Genre: Holy Spirit movement (Korea)
ISBN: 9781870345675

This book traces the historical and theological development of the Holy Spirit in Korea through six successive periods.

Holiness and Pentecostal Movements

Holiness and Pentecostal Movements
Author: David Bundy
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2022-03-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 027109415X

Since the 1830s, Holiness and Pentecostal movements have had a significant influence on many Christian churches, and they have been a central force in producing what is known today as World Christianity. This book demonstrates the advantages of analyzing them in relation to one another. The Salvation Army, the Church of the Nazarene, the Wesleyan Church, and the Free Methodist Church identify strongly with the Holiness Movement. The Assemblies of God and the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World identify just as strongly with the Pentecostal Movement. Complicating matters, denominations such as the Church of God (Cleveland), the International Holiness Pentecostal Church, and the Church of God in Christ have harmonized Holiness and Pentecostalism. This book, the first in the new series Studies in the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements, examines these complex relationships in a multidisciplinary fashion. Building on previous scholarship, the contributors provide new ways of understanding the relationships, influences, and circulation of ideas among these movements in the United States, the United Kingdom, India, and Southeast and East Asia. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Kimberly Ervin Alexander, Insik Choi, Robert A. Danielson, Chris E. W. Green, Henry H. Knight III, Frank D. Macchia, Luther Oconer, Cheryl J. Sanders, and Daniel Woods.

Korean Pentecostalism

Korean Pentecostalism
Author: Boo-Woong Yoo
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1988
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

This study sets Korean Pentecostalism firmly in the Korean context. It shows the roots of Korean Pentecostalism in Korean culture and history, and discusses its relation to Minjung theology. Some of the American evangelistic campaigns in Korea are also discussed. Korea has its own Pentecostal churches but more important is the influence of the Pentecostal Movement on that country's rapidly-growing churches in general. The originality of Korean Pentecostalism and its difference from American/European Pentecostalism is clearly highlighted.

Religion and Social Formation in Korea

Religion and Social Formation in Korea
Author: Sang Taek Lee
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2012-10-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110893118

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.