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Implications of Christian Ethics in the Rule of Japan through “The Young Man”(1920-1940)

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2023, (55), pp.265-288
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology
  • Received : February 20, 2023
  • Accepted : March 29, 2023
  • Published : April 30, 2023

Janghyung Lee 1

1백석대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on the establishsing Christian ethics in terms of accepting Western thought in Korea through the YMCA’s journal “The Young Man.” This journal was published and distributed steadily for over 20 years throughout the cultural political period in the 1920s and wartime in the 1930s before the Korean liberation. “The Young Man” was an institutional magazine of the YMCA, to help young Christians reflect on their faith identity and duty as a Christian general magazine, which maintained a fair balance between the conservative and progressive camps. The historical and ethical meanings can be summarized as follows. First, the magazine promoted “faith identity and duty” to young Korean Christians at a time when Saito Makoto was appointed as the third governor, while advocating for cultural politics and trying to implant colonial identity as an ideology to Koreans. Second, “The Young Man” was timely published when the YMCA needed “faithful education literature and guidelines” while gradually taking root in various parts of the country and expanding in size. Third, it should be noted that “The Young Man” was a magazine published for over 20 years. It was a literature that became “the ideological pillar leading the faith and duty of young people” before liberation.

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