메타버스 시대에 지속가능한 기독교 공동체 연구: 영산 조용기의 관계 신학을 중심으로

Abstract

This study argues for the value of sustainable Christian community in the metaverse, where humans are replaced by avatars. The metaverse, which has recently become a global agenda, is a space that incorporates the products of the fourth industrial revolution, leading to diverse worldviews and new anthropologies. The challenge is that future communities will be characterized by new forms of communication that will be integrated with changes in social and cultural contexts. This will continue to expand, carrying with it numerous ethical, social, and theological problems. However, the church still needs to prepare for this era. In response to this challenge, this study aims to provide a theological foundation for how Christianity can share its unique community in the metaverse era, with what biblical content. Christianity has historically played its own role in the spirit of the times that led each society and culture. This Christian spirit is the teaching of the Bible that can be applied to any era. Yonggi Cho believes that there has always been the plan and providence of the Triune God in any era, and that God participates in the history of each era and in the lives of individuals. Therefore, all things are always dependent on God. Based on this, Christianity must necessarily be involved in the changes of society. Therefore, it is necessary to actively intervene in the various communities formed in the metaverse and build a standard of correct world view. To this end, this study first analyzes the characteristics of humanity and the communities they form in the metaverse era. Next, it examines whether the covenant community, redemption community, and Spirit community observed in the theology and ministry of Yonggi Cho can offer sustainable values in the communities of this era. Yonggi Cho and the church fathers recognized personal relationality in the community of the Triune God. Therefore, this study argues that the relationship from the Triune God should be passed down with continuity as a community of personality in the image of God, a community of holistic love, and a community of Koinonia of superconnection in the metaverse era.