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The Rise of Protestantism in Modern Korea

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The Rise of Protestantism in Modern Korea

A Sociological Perspective

By: Andrew Eungi Kim

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This book unpacks the extraordinary rise of Protestant Christianity as South Korea's largest religion. In just 130 years, it eclipsed ancient traditions like Buddhism and Confucianism. A vital resource for students of religion, history, sociology, and culture.

Combining sociological, historical and comparative approaches, this book examines one of the most striking aspects of South Korea, specifically the emergence of Protestant Christianity as…

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Author: Andrew Eungi Kim ISBN: 1-5275-8765-7 Categories: Social Sciences, Religion and Faith, Religion and Faith, Sociology

Combining sociological, historical and comparative approaches, this book examines one of the most striking aspects of South Korea, specifically the emergence of Protestant Christianity as the largest contemporary religion in the country. What is extraordinary about the religion’s “success” is that its growth has been achieved in 130 years since 1884 and that it took place in a country with a rich oriental tradition, replete with shamanism, Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. The text critically demonstrates the socio-anthropological perceptive of the Korean Peninsula, making it a great resource for scholars and students of sociology, contemporary culture, history, religion, colonialism, and geopolitics.

Andrew Eungi Kim is Professor in the College of International Studies at Korea University, South Korea, having previously served as the Dean of both the Graduate School of International Studies and the Division of International Studies at the same institution. His research and teaching interests focus on culture, sociology of religion, ethnic studies, and social change, and his publications include Korean Culture: Confucianism, Shamanism and Other Habits of the Heart (2022); The Identity of Korean Culture (2021); and Hallyu and Countercurrent: The Potential and the Limit to its Role as a Means of Cultural Diplomacy (2020).

Hardback

ISBN: 1-5275-8765-7
ISBN13: 978-1-5275-8765-6
Date of Publication: 2022-11-11

Paperback

ISBN: 1-5275-4953-4
ISBN13: 978-1-5275-4953-1
Date of Publication: 2023-09-18

Ebook

ISBN: 1-5275-8766-5
ISBN13: 978-1-5275-8766-3
Date of Publication: 2023-09-18

Categories: Social Sciences, Religion and Faith, Religion and Faith, Sociology

Pages: 397

Subject Codes:

BIC: HRC, HRCC9, JHB
THEMA: QRM, QRMB3, JHB

Pages: 397

“This historical sociology of Christianity in Korea is a well-researched study that illuminates how religious and socio-political factors converged to shape the success of the Protestant movement in the modern period. While the role foreign missionaries and the impact of Japan’s colonial rule receive due attention, the author highlights the central role played by Koreans themselves as they reshaped this foreign-born religion into a faith embraced by 20 percent of the population. [It is a] welcome addition to the scholarship on Christianity’s diffusion across Northeast Asia.”
- Mark R. Mullins University of Auckland
“Kim skillfully wields the tools of a sociologist to provide a convincing explanation of how Korea became the most Protestant country in Asia, not in spite of, but partially because of Korea’s rapid industrialization and urbanization. He also shows that, though Christianity was a recent import into Korea’s ancient religious culture, it nonetheless had enough affinity with existing religions to put down sturdy roots.”
- Don Baker University of British Columbia
“Thoroughly researched, meticulously documented, and sociologically insightful, Dr Eungi Kim’s new book provides compelling answers to one of the most fascinating questions in the comparative study of religions.”
- Joseph M. Bryant University of Toronto

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Andrew Eungi Kim

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