Minjung Theology as a Counter Theology: Suh Namdong’s Case

• 발행기관: 한국민중신학회
• 저자명: Kwon, Jinkwan
• 간행물 정보: 『Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology』제21권, 1~20쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기독교신학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2014.06.30

영문 초록

This year is the 30th anniversary of the passing of the late Professor Suh Namdong (1918-1984), one of the founders of minjung theology. Prof. Suh died in 1984, when minjung theology was a growing theological voice in the global ecumenical world. I estimate that the year 1975 was when minjung theology started. Prof. Suh published early in 1975 an article entitled “Jesus, Church History, and the Korean Church,” where he argues that Jesus identified himself with minjung, spoke for the voices of minjung, liberated them, but although the established Christianity has played as a dominant ideology, a new Christianity is emerging and recovering the hitherto lost social dimension of the gospel, social salvation, and the gospel of liberation. During the period of less than a decade, 1975-1984, Prof. Suh devoted himself to constructing a unique minjung theology. During the period Prof. Suh spent 22 months (March, 1976-December, 1977) in prison for his involvement in fighting the dictatorial government. He was ousted from his university by the state government in 1975-1980. In the meantime, he was appointed in 1977 as the director of the Institute of Mission and Education and provided theological education for the students who had experienced imprisonments for their involvement in democracy movement.