느림의 문화와 기독교 영성

Abstract

This piece of writing is based on the recognition that ‘ecological poetry’ or ‘poetry of slowness’ can be important tools with regards to religious spirituality. The ‘culture of slowness’ enables one to reflect upon the reality in which capitalistic desires are abundant, and at the same time helps one reflect upon the fundamental issues of life. The issue of ‘how we should lead our lives’ is closely connected with our views or attitudes towards life and is thus very likely to interconnect with religious factors, and the fact that the issue leads to actual practice makes it possible for reflection upon the issue to become an opportunity to enhance and deepen religious spirituality. This dissertation discusses the poetry of Ko Jin-Ha to examine how the ‘life and attitude of slowness’ interconnects with Christian ideals. In his early works Christianity based imagination acted as a basis for explicitly criticizing the negative reality, and also as a central force for reorganizing reality from a religious point of view. The attitude of the poet who looked upon reality from a Christian point of view changes drastically when the subject of his thoughts changes to his inner self. The change occurs through emptying out the notions and senses used to view the world thus far, and through such change the poet opens up the concept of holiness which was limited to Christian spirituality and goes on to reach a pluralistic point of view with regards to religion believing that the possibility of salvation lay in other religions as well. As such, the poet shows a tendency of trying to enjoy the vitality innate in his own life by removing the taboo and boundaries from his mind. This process is carried out by getting closer to the Buddhist ideal of ‘Seeing the original nature, youwill become Buddha (When you are aware of your original nature, you are able to reach the sphere of enlightenment)’ which views the life essence of oneself as the basis for salvation. By opening up the spirituality of the Christian religion, the poetry of Ko Jin-Ha, who sensed life and reality from a Christian point of view moves on to a world of independentspirituality in which the self is the basis of awakening. Such change is an important case in which the ‘culture of slowness’ or ‘ecological imagination’ acted as an important opportunity for renewing and changing religious spirituality. The poet's work overcomes the tendency of religious poetry to use changes in reality and various cultural aspects to strengthen religious ideals and moves on to a worldwhere religious spirituality is contemplated anew, and in which one is able to reflect upon how the desires of ‘slowness’ interact with religious spirituality.