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Interculturalism and Christian Ethics: Focusing on the Views of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2022, (54), pp.123-151
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology
  • Received : November 14, 2022
  • Accepted : December 7, 2022
  • Published : December 31, 2022

Jye Gil Ko 1

1장로회신학대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to find a way to overcome the exclusionism of Korean churches by understanding interculturalism from a Christian ethical perspective. Interculturalism aims to learn from each other and grow together through communication and dialogue with other cultures. According to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, interculturality is a characteristic of life that personal beings form. ‘Person’ means a human being who lives in the reality of the basic social relation, that is, the relation between ‘I’ and ‘Thou.’ As a personal being, Christians must live their life for and with others. Family, labor, government, and church are mandates that have been commissioned by God. Each community fulfills the mandate. Each community coexists with, serves, and checks each others. Korean churches need to accept the merits of interculturalism which communicates with the cultures of other communities. Based on this, the Korean church will be able to overcome exclusionism and help and serve the world by practicing the ethics of non-religious life.

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