Deliverance and submission
Subtitle: evangelical women and the negotiation of patriarchy in South Korea
By: Kelly H. Chong.
Series: Harvard East Asian monographs -- 309
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780674031074
Subjects: Evangelicalism -- Korea (South); Middle-aged women -- Religious life; Religion and sociology -- Korea (South); Middle-aged women -- Korea (South); Women's studies -- Korea (South); Korea (South) -- Religion
Description: "South Korea is home to one of the most vibrant evangelical Protestant communities in the world. This book investigates the meanings of - and the reasons behind - an intriguing aspect of contemporary South Korean evangelicalism: the intense involvement of middle-class women. Drawing upon extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Seoul that explores the relevance of gender and women's experiences to Korean evangelicalism, Kelly H. Chong not only helps provide a clearer picture of the evangelical movement's success in South Korea, but interrogates the global question of contemporary women's attraction to religious traditionalisms."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.