시민사회 형성기(1980-2005)의 한국 기독교철학

Abstract

Christian Philosophy in Koreafrom 1980 to 2005Tae Yon Choi (Baekseok University) This article intends to identify Christian Philosophy in Korea from 1980 to 2005, the most recent era of Korean history. This era could be defined as the formating period of civil society. It is my definition of Korean Christian Philosophy that reflects every philosophical inferences studied and discussed in Korea including metaphysics, epistemology and ethics etc. from the Christian perspective. This article will especially describe Christian Philosophy performed by the Protestant Philosophers in Korea. This article keeps an eye on three aspects of Korean Philosophy in this period. First, how the Marxism would be appropriated to Korean Philosophy in this era and reinterpreted by Christian philosophers. Second, how the Postmodernism was enthusiastically accepted by Korean philosophers in echoing the collapse of the socialism in the eastern european countries and reinterpreted by Christian philosophers too. Thirds, how Christian philosophers established 'the Korean Society for Christian Philosophy' and worked on the many fields of philosophy. Indebted to this society Christian philosophy could be established in the Korean Society of Philosophy. Christian Philosophers also take use various philosophical traditions and methods, but they have the commonness on the presupposition of Christian faith.