미국 남장로회 여성 선교사들의 선교와 삶 - 미국 남장로회 연례 선교회의록에 수록된 여성 선교사 추도문을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study examines the eulogies titled “In Memoriam” of the 49 women missionaries who were among the 75 eulogies in the Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Southern Presbyterian Mission in Korea from 1892 to 1938. Earlier studies on Western Missionaries have focused on male missionaries, and there are very few studies about the Southern Presbyterian Women Missionaries of the U. S. The fellow missionaries have recorded the work and life of 49 women missionaries who were their contemporaries. These are almost two times more than the male missionaries’ eulogies. This study analyzes the eulogies statistically and traces their works and lives through the statistical analysis. It also focuses on the features and common points of women missionaries mentioned in eulogies and not on their achievements or personal history. In the given plethora of information about the missionaries what stands out in their stories is their Christlike character of faithfulness amid their missionary living. This study examines how their Christlike character was revealed in their personal lives and translated into their mission work. This study presents the statistical analysis about their eulogies and attempts to illuminate the lives of these women missionaries and their Christlike character and the way they displayed their love for Korean people and in return how they had been loved.