Millennialism in the Korean Protestant Church (Asian Thought and Culture)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780820452692
Subjects: Christian Theology - Eschatology; Christianity - Protestant; Religion, Politics & State; Religion; Religion - Theology; 19th century; 20th century; History of doctrines; Korea; Millennialism
Description: "This book explains the origin and development of premillennial eschatology in the evangelical Korean church from 1884 to 1945. It examines the eschatological implications of Korean religious thought, the eschatology of American missionaries, the horrific experience of Japanese occupation (1910-1945), and the enforcement of Shinto shrine worship in light of Korean Christians' tenacious hold on dispensational premillennialism. This book explains the place of premillennialism in the Christian life, and deals with the cultural underpinnings of Christianity in Korean history by bringing to bear the complex social, political, and religious elements of Korean culture."--BOOK JACKET.