조선 개화기 여성 기독교 선교를 통한 파키스탄 여성 선교 전략

Abstract

This study investigated missionary strategies for Muslim women through the activities of western missionaries who were active for Chosun during the enlightenment period. “It was like fabrics were moving on the road since they were wrapping their bodies with the fabrics, exposing their eyes only.” This was not a confession of missionaries who came to the Islamic world but what the women of Joseon looked in the eyes of Western missionaries who stepped onto the land of Chosun. Social phenomena based on the patriarchal system, such as hetaerism, early marriage, the separation of space between men and women, and the notion of preferring a son to a daughter carried out in Chosun in the enlightenment period share many similarities with society in the modern Islamic world. Despite the difference in the times, the looks of the lives of the women of Chosun created by patriarchal society can also be found in the modern Muslim women’s lives. These sociocultural limitations have made missions in the Islamic world centered around men. There were changes in perceptions as time flowed; however, still, the centrality of mission for Muslim men in Islamic missions pointed out by Miriam Adeney has continued. On the other hand, the mission for Muslim women, half of the population, is sometimes considered not the main missionary work. This study would investigate the efforts and methods for preaching the Gospel to the women of Chosun of difficult access for the missionaries who were active in Chosun to meet through the missionaries’ records and examine missionary strategies for Muslim women in the 21st century. Despite the difference of the times, it is necessary to conduct a study on the missions for women in the enlightenment period carried out in women’s lives in the patriarchal social environment and the closed social environment for women. This study limited the scope of research to Pakistani Muslim women since it would be impossible to unify Islamic countries. Later, through the comparison of the social positions and social activities of women in the enlightenment period and Pakistani women, this study would investigate the similarities and propose missionary strategies for Pakistani women through the methods and results of mission for women in the enlightenment period.