RT Article
T1 The Relationship between Religion and Society in the COVID-19 Era: The Case of Protestantism in South Korea
JF Religions
VO 12
IS 12
A1 Kim, Minah
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/179646452X
AB The relationship between Korean Protestantism and society at large can be divided into three parts in terms of the religion’s participation in society following the Korean Peninsula’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule: (1) conservative social non-participation, (2) far-right social participation, and (3) progressive social participation. In the COVID-19 era, conservative Protestants reluctantly followed the government’s quarantine guidelines but remained wary of state control over religion. Far-right Protestants placed a greater emphasis on religious values than on public safety and maintained face-to-face worship services against the government’s ban on religious and other largescale gatherings. Progressive Protestants participated in social movements to benefit the public good and were willing to forgo religious gatherings to that end. Overcoming COVID-19 requires many things, particularly material support for the marginalized, an establishment of an intimacy network beyond church-centered communities, ethics of respect for life, and the promotion of ecological justice, and with this in mind, the progressive Protestants’ participation in society can be considered an appropriate model.
K1 Korean Protestantism
K1 Conservative Protestants
K1 far-right Protestants
K1 Pandemic
K1 progressive Protestants
K1 relationship between religion and society
K1 religion’s social participation
K1 separation of religion and state
DO 10.3390/rel12121102