Political Paradox of an Apolitical Church : Ecclesiological Development of the Fourfold Gospel Theology in the Korean Evangelical Holiness Church (KEHC) during the Japanese Colonial Regime (1910-1945)

• 발행기관: 서울신학대학교 글로벌사중복음연구소
• 저자명: Sung Wook Oh
• 간행물 정보: 『World Christianity and the Fourfold Gosepl』Vol.1 No.1, 121~143쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 종교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.09.30

영문 초록

This paper attempts to investigate the ecclesiological development of the Fourfold Gospel Theology in the Korean Evangelical Holiness Church (KEHC) during the Japanese colonial regime (1910‐1945). The KEHC reduced its theological origin to the radical holiness movement in the 19th century American revival era which was strongly influenced by the theology of John Wesley. Specifically, during the radical holiness movements, the International Holiness Union & Prayer League (IHUPL) in 1897 and the International Apostolic Holiness Union (IAHU) in 1900 made a contribution toward the birth of the Fourfold Gospel Theology and the KEHC. It is very important to recognize, however, that Japan played the role of bridge between the IAHU and the KEHC. That is, the IAHU sent missionaries to Japan for a mission to Asia and they founded the Oriental Mission Society (OMS) and the Bible school based on the Fourfold Gospel Theology in 1901. Two Koreans, Kim Sang Jun and Chung Bin, studied the Fourfold Gospel Theology in this Bible School, and returned to the Korean peninsula for the purpose of preaching the Fourfold Gospel to the Korean people in 1907. Kim Sang Jun and Chung Bin founded the Gospel Mission Hall with the help of two people from OMS, Charles E. Cowman and Earnest A. Kilbourne, as a platform to proclaim the Fourfold Gospel. The Fourfold Gospel – Justification, Sanctification, Divine Healing, and Second Coming of Christ – is an apolitical theological teaching in the KEHC. However, this paper reveals the political paradox of the Fourfold Gospel during the Japanese colonial era. In the process of persecution by Japanese colonialism, the KEHC showed a peaceful and nonviolent reaction. This paper proposes, therefore, that although the Fourfold Gospel of the KECH had an apolitical theological nature, the KEHC played a role of rival ge- ography, healing society, eschatological community in the Japanese colonial context.

목차

Abstract

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Historical Origins of the Korean Evangelical Holiness Church (KEHC)

Ⅲ. Theological Developments of Fourfold Gospel Ecclesiology in the KEHC

Ⅳ. Ethical Implications of Fourfold Gospel Ecclesiology in the KEHC

Ⅴ. Conclusion

키워드

Korean Evangelical Holiness Church(KEHC) Fourfold Gospel Theology Rival Geography Healing Society Eschatological Community Nonviolent Church Ethic the Separation between the Church and State