한국 사회의 자살 현상과 사회적 통합을 지향하는 기독교교육 － 뒤르케임(Émile Durkheim)의 자살론을 중심으로

Abstract

This study examines the current situation in Korean society, where suicide has increased rapidly and an anti-life social atmosphere is widespread, and aims for social integration as an alternative to solving the suicide problem that has emerged as religious and social problems beyond personal problems. The purpose is to present Christian education. The main theory is Émile Durkheim’s Sociology of Religion, especially his suicide theory. Since suicide is a problem that needs to be approached socially, religiously, and sociologically, statistical analysis, trend analysis, and semantic analysis are attempted for suicide and alternatives in Korean society. Through this, the Christian education aimed at the integration of society is presented as an alternative. It is a Christian education that builds a consensus and social discourse for social integration and establishes a community of faith. Above all, when establishing a community of faith, the purpose of Christian education is to build a church community. The content of Christian education is the life(experience) of the community, and the method is the process of participating in the Christian life. Teachers and learners are people who learn and teach together, and the environment is a community. This study is useful in that it identifies a real society, identifies suicide as a social problem, and presents an analysis and alternatives to the suicide phenomenon in Korean society in the 21st century.