김교신의 무교회주의: 최태용의 비교회주의와의 비교를 중심으로

Abstract

This study examines the Non-Church Movement of Kim Kyo-Shin. In recent years, there have been disagreements between theologians in the Korean theological circles as part of their discussion of his theory of church regarding how Choi Tae-Yong’s Anti-Churchism is different from and similar to Non-Church Movement. Therefore, this study aims to resolve such disagreements by comparing Non-Church Movement of Kim Kyo-Shin and Anti-Churchism of Choi Tae-Yong. Kim Kyo-Shin’s Non-Church Movement has three characteristics; first, it is related to non-church-ism. This is the Christian belief based on the Bible without formalized church. Second, it has a non-churchism attribute, which is a criticism against churchism and a will to overcome it, and third, it has a characteristic of Whole Christianity. This means that Kim Kyo-Shin considered Non-Church Movement as a religion of Jesus and ‘the’ Christianity that the Bible says, different from existing Christianity. In particular, Whole Christianity is associated to trans-Non-Church Movement, going beyond seeing the movement in the framework of church or churchism. In short, Choi Tae-yong’s Anti-Churchism is different from Non-Church Movement of Kim Kyo-Shin. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that Choi Tae-Yong criticized churchism in the then Korean Church, rather than a church as a system. However, it seems not right to think that critical thinking about churchism exists in Anti-Churchism only, because Non-Church Movement also embraces critical position about churchsim. In this respect, both scholars who put emphasis on the common ground between them and those who stress differences between the two movements are thought to pay attention to only part of the characteristics of Non-Church Movement. It appears that, compared to Anti-Churchism, Non-Church Movement has a broader perspective, showing difference in the understanding of churchism.