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장공 김재준의 경세사상

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2008, (16), pp.125-162
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology

Kang, Won Don 1

1한신대학교

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ABSTRACT

In this article I would see into ethical thoughts of Rev. Jae Jun Kim as a prophetic theologian, who has been committed to struggle against the dictatorship and for human rights in the modern Korea. As a specialist for christian ethics he has endeavored also to elaborate principles and programmes for shaping the real life in the world on ground of Christian beliefs and visions. In this sense he can be regarded as a theologian who has suggested crucial points for governance of the world. Kim started from the vision for a “community of love embracing the whole world”. With such a formular he would like to indicate the reality of the Kingdom of God in the world. On the way to the universal community of love Christians should be concentrated to shaping all the sectors of human life with responsibility. In such an orientation of Christians to the community of love Kim has seen the so-called “life-connected belief”. In order to bring the life-connected belief into reality he has shown no hesitation to undertake an ideological option and a strategic thinking. In the article I investigate firstly theological ideas of Rev. Kim on the community of love embracing the whole world. Secondly I analyze which social ethical programmes he has developed from principles of the life-connected belief. Lastly I examine which ideological and political options he has made for shaping the real life in the world. Rev. Kim has advocated democracy from theological and ethical viewpoints and acted as a convicted anti-communist. But he has stood at the side of the so-called Minjung. He has been thoroughly engaged in solving problems of labor from the capitalist society.

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