한국 기독교 민족운동의 역사적 쟁점과 과제

Abstract

Discussing the christian national movement in Korea, the first thing to review is about the matter of nation. The characteristics of a national movement may be defined according to how to define the matter of nation and how to grope for the solution of it. A acknowledge of the matter of nation makes grasping a historical problem of the moment. Joining hands with nationalism in Korea, the christian national movement got a dynamic power of development. Therefore, the Korean Protestants raised the sense of mission, by which they would construct a new country based on the christian ideology as the new universal system. A new review is needed about the role that the christian nationalism in Korea played for a common goal of the nation called the integration of a nation. In christian national movement in Korea, the national leaders who belonged to Christianity showed their intention to a integration of nation. That did not have been come true because of the division due to a differentiation of ideological line. A new approach to the christian nationalism in Korea, especially its logic and plan should be requested. The historical studies lead to a historical reflection and raise awakening to the task of the times. Awakening makes historical actions motivate, and making a history caused by it becomes the responsibility of the times of the Korean Christianity.