A Study on the Role of Protestantism in Overcoming State-led Nationalism: Focusing on Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Christian Ethical Understanding of Nationalism (국가 주도 내셔널리즘 지양을 위한 개신교의 역할 연구 - 내셔널리즘에 대한 프리드리히 슐라이어마허의 그리스도교 윤리학적 이해를 중심으로)

Kwangwoo Park (박광우)

doi:10.21050/CSE.2025.62.02

A Study on the Role of Protestantism in Overcoming State-led Nationalism: Focusing on Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Christian Ethical Understanding of Nationalism

The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
Abbr : 기사윤
2025, (62), pp.47~82
DOI : 10.21050/CSE.2025.62.02
Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology
Received : June 10, 2025
Accepted : August 11, 2025
Published : August 31, 2025

Kwangwoo Park ¹

¹명지대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examines how the Korean Protestant Church can overcome state-led nationalism, based on Schleiermacher’s Christian-ethical understanding. For Schleiermacher, nationalism—binding diverse individuals into a certain identity in pursuing the highest good—marks the starting point for self-consciousness and ethical life. Religion, expressing reverence for the whole and self-effacement through individuality, is embodied in the church following Jesus of Nazareth. While affirming the state’s ethical role, Christianity resists its self-absolutization through the diverse workings of the Holy Spirit. The church must critically empathize with the historical roots of nationalism, dismantle egocentrism through the gospel, and serve as a model community transcending nationalism.

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Schleiermacher, Nationalism, Individuality, Self-emptying, Solidarity with the Other

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