Minjung Theology of Korea and Ecological Thinking
Focusing on the Theological Imagination of Ahn Byung-Mu
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4313797 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jongman Kim (Kyung Hee University), Andrew Eungi Kim (Korea University of International Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1533 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14121533 |
| OpenAlex | W4389686432 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria, currently used as a set of standards by socially conscious investors to evaluate a company's operations before investing, are becoming an important global trend today. In particular, environmental and ecological crises are increasingly being seen as issues that will determine the sustainability of human civilization. Scholars of religion have been paying more attention to the issue as well. In fact, religion and environmentalism have emerged as sub-disciplines in, among others, religious ethics, religious studies, the sociology of religion, and theology. In view of this development, this paper aims to reexamine Minjung theology, literally meaning "the people's theology", which arose as a form of liberation theology in South Korea in the 1970s, from an ecological perspective, particularly focusing on the former's view on the relationship and interrelationship between the individual and the environment. The paper pays special attention to the work of Ahn Byung-Mu, a founding scholar of Minjung theology, shedding light on the connection between his concept of gong, literally meaning "publicness", and ecology, the characteristics of his ecological thoughts and their relevance to his view of god, and his views on bapsanggongdongche, literally meaning "the table community
Comparative Theology · Ecological crisis · Environmental ethics · Environmentalism · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Religious Tourism and Spaces
The Concept of Environment in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Ecological Liberation Theology
The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology
Praying and Campaigning with Environmental Christians
Hinduism and Environmental Ethics
Hindu Spirituality and the Environment
Minjung Theology in Contemporary Korea
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |