RT Book
T1 A history of Korean Christianity
A1 Kim, Sebastian C.
A1 Kim, Kirsteen 1959-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/874298474
AB With a third of South Koreans now identifying themselves as Christian, Christian churches play an increasingly prominent role in the social and political events of the Korean peninsula. Sebastian Kim and Kirsteen Kim's comprehensive and timely history of different Christian denominations in Korea includes surveys of the Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions as well as new church movements. They examine the Korean Christian diaspora and missionary movements from South Korea and also give cutting-edge insights into North Korea. This book, the first recent one-volume history and analysis of Korean Christianity in English, highlights the challenges faced by the Christian churches in view of Korea's distinctive and multireligious cultural heritage, South Korea's rapid rise in global economic power and the precarious state of North Korea, which threatens global peace. This History will be an important resource for all students of world Christianity, Korean studies and mission studies.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BR1325
SN 9781139048071
SN 9780521196383
K1 Korea ; Church history
K1 Korea : Church history.
K1 Korea : Church history
DO 10.1017/CBO9781139048071