Our Tongue-Cut God, Respond to Us ”
Prayer of Righteous Anger and Communal Lament as Theology of the Oppressed
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10822243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Woosub Shin (0000-0001-9759-2062, Columbia Theological Seminary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-42 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5736 • E-ISSN: 2044-2556 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0040573620968098 |
| OpenAlex | W3156745409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article offers a theological reflection on prayer of anger and lament as a formative source for the oppressed in constructing and embodying their own theology. For this purpose, particular attention is paid to Kim Heunggyum’s scandalous prayer-song “The Father of Minjung,” which was widely sung by Korean minjung amid their political resistance against the authoritarian regimes in the 1980s. This article historically traces this prayer-song’s original context and developmental stages and analyzes its use of cross-genre that blends the styles and structures of the minjung-gayo and the lament psalms. Theological reflection on this prayer-song focuses on particular religious affections, righteous anger and communal lament, shaped by the Korean minjung’s collective performance to sing this prayer-song as a means of political resistance. By drawing on Audre Lorde, Johann Baptist Metz, and Emmanuel Levinas, this article points out limitations of Barth’s theology of prayer and presents how Kim’s prayer-song that evokes righteous anger and communal lament served as a formative source for the Korean minjung in doing their own critical and incarnational theology
Context (archaeology) · Lament · Political science · Politics · Prayer · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · History · Law · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |