다문화 가정과 그 자녀들에 대한 기독교 교육적 돌봄

Abstract

The multicultural society in the Republic of Korea is changing rapidly. Koreahas had a long history of development as a culture that has been ethnicallyhomogeneous and the national identity and pride has been based on thathomogeneity. The Korean church has also developed within this traditionalhomogeneity and is not prepared for the challenges of multiculturalism that it isfacing today. There is a need to come to an understanding of the culturally basedincongruities and conflicts that come with the increase of the foreign populationin our nation and the growing number of multicultural families. And as oursociety is changing to a multicultural and multiethnic one, naturally our churchesare changing in the same way. With the increase of multicultural multiethnic families, there have beenproblems that have arisen within the families, societal conflicts and problems ineducation. There is a need for expertise to address and deal with these problems. And especially, churches must take on the responsibility and offer caring andsupport for the children of multicultural multiethnic families to ensure that theycan grow properly in faith and become responsible citizens in our society. Therefor, this study aims to find a new way in most responding to thedemands and changes for Caring for Children of Multicultural Families in ChristianEducation. For this Purpose, detailed alternatives for Multicultural Families inChristian Education are need. This research with explore Christian education methods in which the Korean church can take an active role in dealing with theproblems and challenges of multiculturalism. The first priority for the Koreanchurch is to examine the Christian educational issues of multiculturalism andstrategies to deal with these issues. For this, there will be an examination of thecurrent status of multicultural families in our nation. The problems thatmulticultural families are facing in our rapidly growing multicultural society willthen be defined. In conclusion, there will be a discussion of the directions thatthe Korean church can take in the caring of and the Christian education ofmulticultural multiethnic families and their children.