@article{ART002353716},
author={Yun, Enseok},
title={The Protestant Activities and Spiritual War Power in an Army during the Korean War : Focused on Chaplains and Protestant Soldiers},
journal={military history},
issn={1598-317X},
year={2018},
number={107},
pages={1-52},
doi={10.29212/mh.2018..107.1}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yun, Enseok
TI - The Protestant Activities and Spiritual War Power in an Army during the Korean War : Focused on Chaplains and Protestant Soldiers
JO - military history
PY - 2018
VL - null
IS - 107
PB - Military History Institute, MND
SP - 1
EP - 52
SN - 1598-317X
AB - The Main theme of the thesis is to reveal that Korean Protestantism contributed to the reinforcement for military spiritual war power of ROK armed forces during the Korean War through the faith activities of chaplains and protestant soldiers. After the outbreak of war, the chaplains appointed by the military supreme HQ under the banner of religious principles had an another purpose that promotes spiritual war power with faith in addition to evangelical work. Their preaching would quite often relate to the strengthening of spiritual war power, they had achieved this purpose through the actions of foundation of church, and worship, baptism on soldiers. It also gave assistance to promote spirit of soldiers that they comforted the soldiers who were fighting at a battle fields and disabled veteran.
This study presumes Protestantism might contribute to military spiritual war power from three aspects. One is the commanders’ change into positive attitude about chaplains and Protestantism. Another is a large percentage of solders who chose Protestantism in the war. The other is the behaviors Protestant soldiers showed in the war. Through these examples, this study can estimate that the level of the spiritual war power that Protestantism gave soldiers.
The study methodology of this study is literature research. Many articles on war relating to Protestantism is in Protestant newspaper. War veteran’s writing can be the channel through which we understand wartime. With these materials, this study reveals the spiritual war power through Protestantism.
KW - spiritual war power;Protestantism;chaplain;Protestant soldiers;the Korean War.
DO - 10.29212/mh.2018..107.1
ER -
Yun, Enseok. (2018). The Protestant Activities and Spiritual War Power in an Army during the Korean War : Focused on Chaplains and Protestant Soldiers. military history, 107, 1-52.
Yun, Enseok. 2018, "The Protestant Activities and Spiritual War Power in an Army during the Korean War : Focused on Chaplains and Protestant Soldiers", military history, no.107, pp.1-52. Available from: doi:10.29212/mh.2018..107.1
Yun, Enseok "The Protestant Activities and Spiritual War Power in an Army during the Korean War : Focused on Chaplains and Protestant Soldiers" military history 107 pp.1-52 (2018) : 1.
Yun, Enseok. The Protestant Activities and Spiritual War Power in an Army during the Korean War : Focused on Chaplains and Protestant Soldiers. 2018; 107 : 1-52. Available from: doi:10.29212/mh.2018..107.1
Yun, Enseok. "The Protestant Activities and Spiritual War Power in an Army during the Korean War : Focused on Chaplains and Protestant Soldiers" military history no.107(2018) : 1-52.doi: 10.29212/mh.2018..107.1
Yun, Enseok. The Protestant Activities and Spiritual War Power in an Army during the Korean War : Focused on Chaplains and Protestant Soldiers. military history, 107, 1-52. doi: 10.29212/mh.2018..107.1
Yun, Enseok. The Protestant Activities and Spiritual War Power in an Army during the Korean War : Focused on Chaplains and Protestant Soldiers. military history. 2018; 107 1-52. doi: 10.29212/mh.2018..107.1
Yun, Enseok. The Protestant Activities and Spiritual War Power in an Army during the Korean War : Focused on Chaplains and Protestant Soldiers. 2018; 107 : 1-52. Available from: doi:10.29212/mh.2018..107.1
Yun, Enseok. "The Protestant Activities and Spiritual War Power in an Army during the Korean War : Focused on Chaplains and Protestant Soldiers" military history no.107(2018) : 1-52.doi: 10.29212/mh.2018..107.1