@article{ART002462745},
author={Yong-Hun Jo},
title={Theological and Pastoral Tasks of Korean Churches in the Risk Society},
journal={The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics},
issn={1229-8387},
year={2019},
number={43},
pages={63-92},
doi={10.21050/CSE.2019.43.03}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yong-Hun Jo
TI - Theological and Pastoral Tasks of Korean Churches in the Risk Society
JO - The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
PY - 2019
VL - null
IS - 43
PB - The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
SP - 63
EP - 92
SN - 1229-8387
AB - This study aims to investigate the theological and pastoral tasks of Korean Churches in the challenges of the risk society resulting from compressed economic growth during modernization. Disasters and its unavoidable sufferings in the risk society ask us to think critically about God from its traditional concepts— omnipotence, good, and justice. Those disasters and sufferings claim our theological transition: from the anti-social and immoral apocalyptic eschatology into the transformative eschatology of the real world based upon the Kingdom of God. The pastoral tasks of the churches can be summarized into two: priestly ministry and prophetic ministry. First, the priestly ministry is relevant to activities of healing the social trauma and recovering its victims. Second, the prophetic ministry is to criticize the materialism which sets a high value on the material rather than on human life and safety. And the churches have to seek the way for reformation of unjust social structure such as the “risk outsourcing” which shifts the dangers on to the weaker. The churches have to strive to build the local community which can promote social safety as well as individual inner peace. Lastly, churches’ remembering and mourning for the victims should go into the socio- political activities, beyond personal emotional dimension, by which fundamental causes of disasters would be removed.
KW - Risk Society;Theodicy;Apocalyptic Eschatology;Eealing Ministry;Service Ministry;Ministry of the Local Community
DO - 10.21050/CSE.2019.43.03
ER -
Yong-Hun Jo. (2019). Theological and Pastoral Tasks of Korean Churches in the Risk Society. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 43, 63-92.
Yong-Hun Jo. 2019, "Theological and Pastoral Tasks of Korean Churches in the Risk Society", The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, no.43, pp.63-92. Available from: doi:10.21050/CSE.2019.43.03
Yong-Hun Jo "Theological and Pastoral Tasks of Korean Churches in the Risk Society" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics 43 pp.63-92 (2019) : 63.
Yong-Hun Jo. Theological and Pastoral Tasks of Korean Churches in the Risk Society. 2019; 43 : 63-92. Available from: doi:10.21050/CSE.2019.43.03
Yong-Hun Jo. "Theological and Pastoral Tasks of Korean Churches in the Risk Society" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.43(2019) : 63-92.doi: 10.21050/CSE.2019.43.03
Yong-Hun Jo. Theological and Pastoral Tasks of Korean Churches in the Risk Society. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 43, 63-92. doi: 10.21050/CSE.2019.43.03
Yong-Hun Jo. Theological and Pastoral Tasks of Korean Churches in the Risk Society. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics. 2019; 43 63-92. doi: 10.21050/CSE.2019.43.03
Yong-Hun Jo. Theological and Pastoral Tasks of Korean Churches in the Risk Society. 2019; 43 : 63-92. Available from: doi:10.21050/CSE.2019.43.03
Yong-Hun Jo. "Theological and Pastoral Tasks of Korean Churches in the Risk Society" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.43(2019) : 63-92.doi: 10.21050/CSE.2019.43.03