김찬국의 인권 사상

Abstract

Chan Kook Gim was an unprecedented human-rights activist who resisted the Yushin regimes tyranny and its violent abuse of human-rights. He suffered imprisonment and was forced from his university position by the government. The present study investigates Kims activities and ideas in concern of human-rights. The study examines not only his academic writings but also his essays and sermon collections. So, his 9 volumes of essays, sermon collections and reports are examined in the study. Since the concept of human-rights has been varied and inconsistent, the history of human-rights concept and Chan Kook Gims understanding of human-rights are initially examined at the beginning. The primary idea Chan Kook Gim used was the Idea of the salvation of nation. Therefore, the most significant events in the history of Korean, 1) the March First Independent Movement, 2) the Korean liberalization, 3) the April 19 Revolution and 4) the Resistance Movement against Dictatorship were investigated to understand the Korean movement of human-rights; also his activities and ideas of humanrights are dealt with. Chan Kook Gim used to do an analogic comparison between the salvation history in the Bible and the human-rights events in the nation’s history. It was how he came to understand the Korean Liberation, human-rights activities and the salvation of the people in Korea from the perspective of the salvation history in the Bible. He understood the salvation of the nation and the humanrights activity in the same dimension; this is why he also saw the salvation of people identically. The human-rights movement was identical with the prodemocracy movement in his view. He affirmed that today’s pro-democracy Chan Kook Gim was an unprecedented human-rights activist who resisted the Yushin regimes tyranny and its violent abuse of human-rights. He suffered imprisonment and was forced from his university position by the government. The present study investigates Kims activities and ideas in concern of human-rights. The study examines not only his academic writings but also his essays and sermon collections. So, his 9 volumes of essays, sermon collections and reports are examined in the study. Since the concept of human-rights has been varied and inconsistent, the history of human-rights concept and Chan Kook Gims understanding of human-rights are initially examined at the beginning. The primary idea Chan Kook Gim used was the Idea of the salvation of nation. Therefore, the most significant events in the history of Korean, 1) the March First Independent Movement, 2) the Korean liberalization, 3) the April 19 Revolution and 4) the Resistance Movement against Dictatorship were investigated to understand the Korean movement of human-rights; also his activities and ideas of humanrights are dealt with. Chan Kook Gim used to do an analogic comparison between the salvation history in the Bible and the human-rights events in the nation’s history. It was how he came to understand the Korean Liberation, human-rights activities and the salvation of the people in Korea from the perspective of the salvation history in the Bible. He understood the salvation of the nation and the humanrights activity in the same dimension; this is why he also saw the salvation of people identically. The human-rights movement was identical with the prodemocracy movement in his view. He affirmed that today’s pro-democracy