2020, Vol., No.47

The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.58

pISSN : 1229-8387 / eISSN : 2713-749X
https://journal.kci.go.kr/csethics

This paper tries to reread G. Engel’s “St. Augustine”, which is the first foreign writing related to Korean acceptance of Augustine. It is estimated that Engel’s paper which titled “St. Augustine” partly contributed to bringing the spirituality of conversion to the Korean church. In other words, Engel introduced Augustine’s story and emphasized the Christian significance of conversion. Moreover, Engel’s paper has some factors which could be evaluated as a metamorphosis that transforms the Koreans’ emotions of repentance to Christian spirituality of conversion. However, critical reading is needed for overcoming the tendency to regard Augustine’s conversion as a dramatic and one-time event or a touching testimony. In particular, (1)understanding from Augustine’s basic question is needed and (2)concern on Augustine’s whole process of conversion including intellectual conversion and moral conversion is required. Based on this critical reading, Korean church have to pursue the social spirituality.

This article aims to find traces of transformation of Korean Christian ethics, focusing on narrative and ethics in the church, a community of Christians, in which the metamorphosis of culture is well represented in the Korean modern transformation space. What we pay attention to here is Pastor In-seo Song, one of the first seven pastors of the Presbyterian Church in Korea, and the text that he left behind. Chilgeukbobogam projected the life of Pastor Song In-seo, who lived in the modern transition space, raises the question whether this is simply a Korean version of the translation of Pantoja’s Chilgeuk(七克, The Seven Victories) or is one of the narratives of the Korean Christian community. In answering this question, he attempts to establish “Chicheukbogam” as a narrative ethical text and reveals its validity. Thus, this paper traces of transformation of Korean Christian ethics in narrative ethics as the basic text of Seohak(西學) ethics, Chilgeuk, was translated and translated by Song In-seo.

This paper examines the introduction of Christian Sunday School’s child-centered education for Christian ethics education in the Western era. This article demonstrates who, what channel, and what contents were mainly included in the teaching materials for Sunday School teacher training. Based on the research results, this paper deals with the first translation of W.G. Cram, published in 1909 to cultivate Sunday School teachers in 1909, regarding Legion of Honor, Teacher Training Lessions (교사량성 쥬일학당교과셔). Also, this research studies the translations of Nam Gung-hyeok, published in 1922, Primary Method in the Church School (최신 유년쥬일학교교수법), and Han Seok-won’s interpretation, The Church School (최근 쥬일학교론), and Hong Byeong-sun’s Sunday School Teaching Method of Early Modern Period (근셰 쥬일학교교수법). This research clarifies what the content of child-centered educational research emphasized in these books. Thus, this article introduces child-centered education in the field of Christian ethics during the modern transition period.