다문화 사회에서 기독교 인권교육을 위한 방향 모색 연구: 에큐메니칼 운동에 기초하여

Abstract

Purpose of the Study: This study recognizes the ongoing human rights violations that persist in today’s multicultural societies, including long-standing issues such as racial discrimination, hatred, and the deprivation of freedom of religious choice. Based on ecumenical discussions on human rights, this study seeks to explore directions for Christian human rights education that can help those whose rights have been violated in multicultural contexts recover their dignity as beings created in the image of God. Research Content and Method: This study explores possible directions for ecumenical human rights education within a multicultural context through the following three components. First, the study seeks to understand the major discussions on human rights in multicultural societies, with a primary focus on the work of the World Council of Churches. Second, the study explores discussions on multicultural human rights education within the ecumenical movement to identify initial directions for ecumenical human rights education in a multicultural society. Third, drawing on the discussions within the ecumenical movement, the study proposes directions for human rights education. Conclusions and Suggestions: The directions for christian human rights education in a multicultural society are as follows. First, it is a form of human rights education that helps individuals recover the image of God. Second, it is human rights education understood as peace education that exposes and challenges structural violence. Third, it is human rights education grounded in hospitality that moves beyond the boundaries of hatred and prejudice. Fourth, it is human rights education oriented toward service in the world.