Re-imaging God in Korean Context

Yonsei University

About this Course

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This course will be an overview of a development of the theological methods in relation to Korea’s cultural context. Completing the course, the learners can understand cultural influences on the dynamic development of Korean churches and indigenous theology; they can also gain an insight into their own image of God and theological imagination in their own cultural context.

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Beginner Level

Approx. 8 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English, Korean, Spanish

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Soo-Young Kwon

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College of Theology

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Beginner Level

Approx. 8 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English, Korean, Spanish

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Yonsei University

Yonsei University was established in 1885 and is the oldest private university in Korea.

Yonsei’s main campus is situated minutes away from the economic, political, and cultural centers of Seoul’s metropolitan downtown. Yonsei has 3,500 eminent faculty members who are conducting cutting-edge research across all academic disciplines. There are 18 graduate schools, 22 colleges and 133 subsidiary institutions hosting a selective pool of students from around the world. Yonsei is proud of its history and reputation as a leading institution of higher education and research in Asia.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Image Matters to Theology (and You)

The chief goal of the course will be to understand a rapid growth and dynamic development of the Korean Protestant churches and indigenous theology by exploring various images of God in Korea. The first module will focus on an important methodological shift in contemporary theology from conceptual intellect to the human imagination.

1 hour to complete

6 videos (Total 48 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

6 videos

Who is This Course For?4m

Orientation4m

Why Images?7m

Theology, as a Work of the Imagination7m

Concept of God vs. Image of God8m

The Image of God: A Psychoanalytic Understanding16m

1 reading

Week 2

2 hours to complete

God as Father: Psychoanalytic Approaches to God-Image

The second module will discuss one’s formation of God-image as a Father with a comprehensive understanding of Freud’s psychoanalysis since many psychoanalytic theorists have argued that one’s early experience of parental relationship has an unavoidable, unconscious impact upon the formation of one’s own God-images.

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 55 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

5 videos

Introduction2m

God is Our Father, Is He Good Enough?10m

Freud, a Theologian12m

Imago: Psychoanalysis and Religion10m

Why did Freud Reject God the Father?18m

1 reading

Week 3

1 hour to complete

God as Heaven: Korean Confucian Culture and God-Image

The module 3 will examine the image of a heavenly God in the cultural context of Korea with the emphasis on Korean Confucian understanding of the "Chon" (heaven). Noting the collective (cultural) representations of the "Chon" (heaven), the interplay among transcendental and immanent images of God in the formation of the Korean Protestant churches will be discussed.

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 50 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

5 videos

Introduction5m

Understanding Self (and God) in the West and East11m

Mental and Collective Representations of God10m

Hanunim: The Korean Term for God7m

The Heaven in Korean Confucianism15m

1 reading

Week 4

1 hour to complete

God as Rice: A Dialectical Imagination of Minjung Theologians

The module 4 will focus on Kwok Pui-lan’s proposal of biblical interpretation as “Dialogical Imagination” in which the Korean Minjung theology strengthens the power of theological imagination. This module will demonstrate how the immanent image of God as rice to the Korean Minjung theology became the central theme of the Christian social movement in Korea.

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 44 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

5 videos

Introduction5m

A Way of Dialogical Imagination5m

Minjung Theology and Its Creative Imagination6m

Chang Il-dam: A Social Biography of Minjung10m

God is Rice15m

1 reading

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Re-imaging God in Korean Context

Re-imaging God in Korean Context