Between the Candlelight Rally and the Taegeukgi Rally: An Essay on Christian Involvement in Anti-Government Political Action (촛불집회와 태극기집회 사이에서 - 기독교인의 반정부적 정치참여에 대한 고찰)

Wonho Jung (정원호)

doi:10.21050/CSE.2020.47.09

Between the Candlelight Rally and the Taegeukgi Rally: An Essay on Christian Involvement in Anti-Government Political Action

The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
Abbr : 기사윤
2020, (47), pp.259~291
DOI : 10.21050/CSE.2020.47.09
Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology
Received : June 30, 2020
Accepted : August 18, 2020
Published : August 31, 2020

Wonho Jung ¹

¹Washington University of Virginia

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The biblical passage from Romans 13:1-7 and the principle of the Separation of Church and State cannot be legitimately invoked to justify Christian political indifference and passivity or to make them normative. Nor do the passage and the principle prohibit Christian political engagement with religious sensibilities and authority in the matters of moral and justice issues that are not specifically religious in nature but applicable to everyone. To support this argument the Romans passage is discussed for its interpretation that does justice to the biblical text and fits best for our political context. And then several important U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the Separation of Church and State are discussed to show that Christian political involvement should not be prompted by matters that are strictly political or purely religious but it should be made for the matters of universal moral values like justice.

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Romans 13:1-7, John Chrysostom, Separation of Church and State, Political Involvement, Governing Authorities, Justice, Sphere Sovereignty

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