A short and sweet little piece from The Christian Science Monitor on the history of Christianity on the peninsula, with an interview with Rev. Samuel Moffett, who was born in Pyeongyang in 1916.
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“with an interview with Rev. Samuel Moffett, who was bron in Pyeongyang when he was 16″
I think there is a typo and a factual error that make the sentence unclear. According to the article, Rev. Moffett was born in Pyeongyang in the year 1916.
I guess the Christian Japanese lords leading the 1592 invasion of Korea cannot be counted as having introduced Christianity. (ill humour, but factual. There was even a Jesuit chaplain to their army.) I am neither particularly relgious nor Christian, but I have been impressed by the quality of Western missionaries who came to Korea in the late 19th and early 20th Century. Beyond degrees in divinity, many had really useful degrees (medicine, etc) from bona fide universities (Yale, Harvard, Cornell, etc). They were among the first Westerners to learn the Korean language, and laid the basis for Korean studies. The institutions they founded will be here long after Kim Il-sung’s statues have crumbled.
I can’t figure out how to submit articles to you. I’m a regular reader, but just signed up today so I could show you this: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03.....korea.html
good article, vacilando.
Hey: hat tip, please! Thank you.
We should also note the indigenous rise of Cheonjugyo, which paved the way for Catholicism before the arrival of Protestant missionaries. (I believe a brief mention is made in the article.)