Migration and Religion in East Asia [electronic resource] : North Korean Migrants' Evangelical Encounters /
Jung, Jin-Heon.author.
This book sheds light on North Korean migrants' Christian encounters and conversions throughout the process of migration and settlement. Focusing on churches as primary contact zones, it highlights the ways in which the migrants and their evangelical counterparts both draw on and contest each others' envisioning of a reunified Christianized Korea.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: North Korean Migrants and Contact Zones -- 2. The Politics of South Korean Evangelical Nationalism -- 3. Perilous Crossing: North Koreans' Christian Encounters in the Sino-North Korean Border Area -- 4. Heroes to Regular Citizens: The Politics of North Korean Migrants Subjectivities -- 5. Ideal Body, True Christians: The Freedom School -- 6. Narrativization of Christian Passage: From Refugees to God's Warriors -- 7. Conclusion: Free to Be.
This book sheds light on North Korean migrants' Christian encounters and conversions throughout the process of migration and settlement. Focusing on churches as primary contact zones, it highlights the ways in which the migrants and their evangelical counterparts both draw on and contest each others' envisioning of a reunified Christianized Korea.
Ethnology-Asia.
Sociology.
Christianity.
Emigration and immigration.
Political science.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Asian Culture.
Sociology, general.
Christianity.
Migration.
Political Science.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.