Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Overview
6. 1. A Quarter-Millennium of Christianity in Korea 7
7. II. The Beginnings of Christianity in Korea
8. 2. Human Relations as Expressed in Vernacular Catholic Writings of the Late Chosŏn Dynasty; translated by Timothy S. Lee 29
9. 3. Kollumba Kang Wansuk, an Early Catholic Activist and Martyr 38
10. 4. Chinese Protestant Literature and Early Korean Protestantism 72
11. III. Christianity, Nationalism, and Japanese Colonialism
12. 5. Church and State Relations in the Japanese Colonial Period 97
13. 6. Cradle of the Convenant: Ahn Changho and the Christian Roots of the Korean Constitution 116
14. 7. Preaching the Apocalypse in Colonial Korea 149
15. 8. Mothers, Daughters, Biblewomen, and Sisters 167
16. IV. Christianity and the Struggles for Democracy and Reunification
17. 9. Carrying the Torch in the Darkest Hours: The Sociopolitical Origins of Minjung Protestant Movements 195
18. 10. Minjung Theology’s Biblical Hermeneutics: An Examination of Minjung Theology’s Appropriation of the Exodus Account 221
19. 11. Korean Protestants and the Reunification Movement; Translated by Timothy S. Lee 238
20. The Division and Reunification of a Nation 258
21. V. Growth and Challenges
22. 13. Sibling Rivalry in Twentieth-Century Korea: Comparative Growth Rates of Catholic and Protestant Communities 283
23. 14. Modernization and the Explosive Growth and Decline of Korean Protestant Religiosity 309
24. 15. Beleaguered Success 330
25. 16. In Search of Healing 351
26. 17. The Christian-Buddhist Encounter in Korea 371
27. A Select Bibliography for the Study of Korean Christianity 387
28. Index 397