home and in colonial Korea “with the aim of producing obedient imperial subjects and an efficient, submissive workforce” (Choi 2009), while protestant missionaries saw it as a way to spread their faith with a “pious mother and wife as a moral guide in the Christian family” (Choi 2009)...
global hierarchy of nations and migrants. Exploring how migrants, churches, and nations change through processes of conversion reveals how globalization continues to impact people’s lives and ideas about their futures and pasts long after they have stopped moving or after a particular global moment ...
But probably it’s significant: out of all Asian countries, Christian missionaries were only more successful in the Philippines than Korea, and churches here are huge institutions that many (most?) Koreans join for networking, jobs, and informal welfare and so on. That doesn’t mean that memb...
A local custom which limited women’s activity to their homes, prohibiting women in the public space and from accessing broadened education or alternatives to being a housewife, consequently hindering the successful evangelization of Christian churches. (Inside-Outside Rule n.d.) ...
Telling him that she is only going along with him to protect her mom, she steps closer to him and presses him for the real reason that she and her family were singled out. “Why are you doing this to me? What is the real reason?” she asks as tears stream down her face. ...
sight unseen, not knowing anybody, and knowing very little about the city. From the time I landed at Incheon Airport to permanently move here, God has put people in my life who have helped me get settled, remain happy, grow as a Christian, and further pursue the calling I have in my ...
The guest house on the banks of the Taedong River near Pyong Yang where our Christian Friends of Korea Team stayed for most of the visit had a dense backdrop of vegetation, populated by ring neck pheasant, which appeared unfazed by the foreigners nearby and sounded off regularly. The acacia...
Many Koreans are quite proud to share their culture especially with those who express sincere interest. There are also many community organizations and churches in Korea Towns and getting involved in activities and volunteering can be an excellent way to learn about the Korean language, culture and...
Interestingly enough, because shoe removal is a cultural thing , there are even Christian churches than require shoe removal (at least in some parts of Asia). 0 9 reply pastmidnite March 14, 2014 at 7:46 AM UNREGISTERED Aah, interesting...thanks for the insight, S! I wonder if the...
It added that there had been reports of public executions of people convicted of economic crimes, and that Christians, whose churches have been driven underground, were reported to have been executed because of their faith. According to human rights observers in South Korea, about 200,000 people...