The Korean people and the Catholic Church
Subtitle: a history
By: [Mun Kyu-hyun]
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Dulsum Nalsum
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Seoul
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9788993926231
Subjects: Koreans; Religion; Religious life; Church history; Catholic Church; History
Notes: Author's name on cover: Father Paul, Mun Kyuhyun; author's name on front flap and timeline (page 4): Mun Kyu-hyun. Author's name not on title page.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue.; title: Crossing the border between North and South on August 15, 1989: the following days -- -- 1. A; title: brief history of the Korean Catholic Church: from the establishment of the church in the 17th century to the late 19th century -- -- 2.; title: Anti-Communism of the church, hand in hand with colonialism and fascism -- -- 3.; title: Independence on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, but no repentance! -- -- 4.; title: Anti-Communism: another idol -- -- 5. The; title: North-South separation and division of the nation community: the sin that will not be healed -- -- 6.; title: Becoming the church of silence in North Korea -- -- 7. The; title: Korean War and the church -- -- 8. The; title: old model of the separation of church and state: the church proclaims an 'era of action' -- -- 9. The; title: church at he centre of transformation: thoughts about national unification -- -- 10. A; title: church born anew in suffering -- -- 11. The; title: unstoppable journey towards justice and liberation -- -- 12. A; title: journey to national reconciliation and peaceful unification.