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Augustine and Korean Church: focusing on reading of Confessiones

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2020, (47), pp.11-38
  • DOI : 10.21050/CSE.2020.47.01
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology
  • Received : June 24, 2020
  • Accepted : August 4, 2020
  • Published : August 31, 2020

Moon, Si Young 1

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ABSTRACT

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.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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