넷플릭스의 한국 드라마 ‘오징어 게임’에 나타난 기독교인의 이미지 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the image of Christians in Netflix Korean drama <Squid Game> to examine what Korean society thinks of Christians and to suggest alternatives. The world-famous drama <Squid Game> features three types of Christian characters, all of which have negative images. The first appears in the image of a hypocritical figure. The second is described as the image of a believer who judges others and acts out of context. The Third has an image of a self-centered evangelist who focuses too much on evangelism. Such negative images are understood to reflect Christians that ordinary people face in the real world, and are also consistent with the results of the Korean Church's social credibility poll released by the Christian Ethics Practice Movement. In particular, it is similar to the results of the Fermi Project, which studied the image of American Christians, giving the impression that Korean Christians are becoming more like evangelical Christians in the United States. The image of Christians in the drama is subjective and excludes the reality of good Christians. However, the influence of the image is so strong that it may cause obstacles to missionary work. As an alternative to this, we can think of three things. First, it is to try to live a life based on the Christian Worldview by mirroring the negative image of Christians in <Squid Game>. The second is to have a good influence on the church by serving the world's neighbors in the public domain. Third, the church is interested in mass media such as movies and dramas and sends Christian pop artists trained in faith to the scene. All of this means correcting the dichotomy between faith and the world.