Horace H. Underwood and the Shinto Shrine Rites Controversy in Colonial Korea
For the western missionaries the Shinto shrine rites controversy in colonial Korea was a theological crucible. As the Japanese government began forcing mission schools to attend the Shinto shrine ceremonies, American missionaries from the Presbyterian Church in the USA were divided between “fundamen...
| Publié dans: | Theology today |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Sage Publ.
2022
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Theology today
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| RelBib Classification: | BN Shintoïsme CC Christianisme et religions non-chrétiennes; relations interreligieuses KAJ Époque contemporaine KBM Asie KDD Église protestante RJ Mission |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
George S. McCune
B Korean Presbyterian Church B Shinto shrine rites controversy B Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy B Horace H. Underwood B American Presbyterian mission in Korea |
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| Résumé: | For the western missionaries the Shinto shrine rites controversy in colonial Korea was a theological crucible. As the Japanese government began forcing mission schools to attend the Shinto shrine ceremonies, American missionaries from the Presbyterian Church in the USA were divided between “fundamentalists” and “liberals” fighting a fierce theological battle over the nature of and participation in the Shinto shrine rites. Horace H. Underwood, President of Chosen Christian College in Seoul, was a leader of the “liberal minority” party. The “fundamentalist majority” held that the Shinto shrine ceremonies were religious acts and hence bowing during a Shinto ceremony violated the First Commandment. Underwood was uncomfortable with many religious elements in the Shinto rituals, but nevertheless believed that mere attendance and a bow did not constitute either participation in the ritual or worship of the enshrined beings. He thought that the conservative leaders were dictating other people's conscience. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00405736221091919 |