The point of contact between theology and social science ―Developing scales for an upright church
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The idea that Korean churches as a whole are losing social credibility is widespread in and outside churches. The weakening social credibility is manifest not only in the awareness of people outside the church, but also in that of people inside Christianity. Why are Korean churches being disregarded by the society? Why does the number of Christians continue to decrease despite the fact that we evangelize much more than other religions do? What then, is the problem? What caused the decrease in the numbers of Protestants and the spreading of a negative and critical perception of the church? And what is the way for the Korean church and the society to reconcile with each other? To find an answer to this question, This paper took a detailed look through a method that is the meeting of sociology and Christian theology(especially centered around ecclesiology). After briefly reviewing the meaning of church from a sociological perspective, this paper suggested to develop a scientific scales for an upright church. When we are discussing the role of the church in the local community that it is a part of, the importance of the philosophy and the values of Christianity should of course be emphasized, but this should not be understood as a denial of scientific knowledge. The current Korean church gives absolute importance on values, and there is often a tendency to place a taboo even on making scientific approaches towards applying these values to real life. Many sociologists have already conducted sociological studies on the ‘church’ to understand social phenomena, but it is confusing to make theological applications of these, since they are sociological approaches. The correct operational definition of an ‘upright church’ should be reached when a person with a background in theology approaches the issue with the social scientific method.
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The idea that Korean churches as a whole are losing social credibility is widespread in and outside churches. The weakening social credibility is manifest not only in the awareness of people outside the church, but also in that of people inside Christianity. Why are Korean churches being disregarded by the society? Why does the number of Christians continue to decrease despite the fact that we evangelize much more than other religions do? What then, is the problem? What caused the decrease in the numbers of Protestants and the spreading of a negative and critical perception of the church? And what is the way for the Korean church and the society to reconcile with each other? To find an answer to this question, This paper took a detailed look through a method that is the meeting of sociology and Christian theology(especially centered around ecclesiology). After briefly reviewing the meaning of church from a sociological perspective, this paper suggested to develop a scientific scales for an upright church. When we are discussing the role of the church in the local community that it is a part of, the importance of the philosophy and the values of Christianity should of course be emphasized, but this should not be understood as a denial of scientific knowledge. The current Korean church gives absolute importance on values, and there is often a tendency to place a taboo even on making scientific approaches towards applying these values to real life. Many sociologists have already conducted sociological studies on the ‘church’ to understand social phenomena, but it is confusing to make theological applications of these, since they are sociological approaches. The correct operational definition of an ‘upright church’ should be reached when a person with a background in theology approaches the issue with the social scientific method.
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