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A Study on the Youth School Violence from the Perspective of Christian Ethics

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2014, (30), pp.195-224
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology

Yong-Hun Jo 1

1한남대학교

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ABSTRACT

Today, the issue of increasing youth school violence, has became an object ofthe whole social concern. School violence is a complicated problem that is comprisedof various elements, such as personal characteristics, experience of familyviolence, distorted school education system focused only on college entrance examination,and violent culture and harmful environments of the localcommunities. Therefore, the solutions for school violence should be found in effortsof the whole society including parents, school teachers, the government, localcommunities as well as churches. Realizing ‘non-violent school and happy class’ is a vision for the Christian andchurches that are called to be the peace-maker in a violent society. The tasks ofthe Christianity and the local churches for peace-making in schools are to besummarized as following: Firstly, the prophetic ministry of the churches is to exposethe false peace in the class and of violent reality of the society, and to protectthe fundamental human rights of the victims of school violence. Secondly,the priestly ministry of the churches has to focus on the caring and healing of victimsas well as the assailant of school violence by way of reconciliation and integrationprogram. Thirdly, the ministerial tasks of the churches are the educationof the parent’s role, and Sunday school education for training the students aspeace-makers in the class. Lastly, the tasks of the mission schools are to make arole model of school education by way of holistic education including educationof intelligence, moral character, and spirituality.

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