한국교회 통일운동의 역사와 그 신학·사상적 배경에 관한 연구

Abstract

The Division of the Korean peninsula was began in 1945 when it was liberated from the Japanese colonial rule. After the liberation, The Korean peninsula is divided by the United States and the Soviet Union. However, in 1948 North Korea and South Korea had established the governments each other. Korea War and the armistice in 1953 was solidify the division of the Korean peninsula. Although the Korean peninsula meet the 60 anniversary of the armistice in this year, the structure of the division of the Korean is continuing without fundamental change today. Before and after the 1990, Although the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the collapse of Eastern European communist countries ended the Cold War, the North and South Korea are still unable to overcome the Cold War in the post-Cold War era and remains the only divided country. In the Korean Peninsula, this paper at first will discussed the history of the Church in Korea Unification Movement. Second, This article will discussed the theology and ideological backgrounds that appeared in the history of Unification Movement of the Church in Korea. From the end of the 1960s, the churches of South Korea divided into conservative and progressive groups in social participation. Because of Korean unification issues, the Korea church is especially experiencing the extreme conflict and division. In these situations, The background of conflict and division of korea church on the reunification of the Korean peninsula have originated from different ideological orientation between these two groups. Therefore, this paper will examined the theological and ideological backgrounds of Unification theory in conservative and progressive parties. Finally, this paper will be proposed a simple method for Unification Movement of the Korean peninsula to South Korea church.