The Wounded Heart of God: The Asian Concept of Han and the Christian Doctrine of Sin

by Park, Andrew Sung

• ISBN13: 9780687385362
• ISBN10: 0687385369
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-03-01
• Publisher: Ingram Distribution Publishing

Summary

Traditional doctrines of sin and salvation center primarily on the moral agency of the sinner. Andrew Sung Park addresses the relational consequence of sin--the pervasive reality of victims' suffering and the scar from the sins of others who have wronged them. He asserts that one cannot grasp the full meaning of the sin and guilt of siners until one has looked at the concept han or the shame of the victims. If reconciliation with God and with other humans is to take place, not only must one's sin be repented and one's guilt forgiven, but the han of those who have been wronged must be healed.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
The Reality of Han	p. 15
The Definitions of Han	p. 15
Stories of Han	p. 20
The Structure of Han	p. 31
The Han of Individuals: Conscious Han	p. 31
The Han of Individuals: Unconscious Han	p. 34
The Han of Groups: Conscious Han	p. 36
The Han of Groups: Unconscious Han	p. 38
The Han of Nature	p. 42
The Major Roots of Han	p. 45
Capitalist Global Economy	p. 45
Patriarchy	p. 50
Racial and Cultural Discrimination	p. 60
Conclusion	p. 66
The Intertwining of Sin and Han	p. 69
Sin and Han	p. 69
Guilt and Shame	p. 81
Unjustifiable Justification by Faith	p. 87
Repentance	p. 87
Cognitive Repentance and Social Repentance	p. 89
Divine and Human Forgivingness	p. 90
A Doctrine of the Forgivingness of Victims	p. 92
Problems with Justification by Faith	p. 93
Justification by Love	p. 96
Han and Salvation	p. 99
Healing Process: Substantial or Relational	p. 102
Perspectival Alternation: Static or Dynamic	p. 104
Compassionate Realization of Potential	p. 107
The Wounded Heart of God	p. 111
Anselm of Canterbury	p. 112
Martin Luther	p. 114
Kazoh Kitamon	p. 116
Jurgen Moltmann	p. 118
The Wounded God	p. 120
Han: The Point of Interreligious Dialogue	p. 129
The Present Trend of Interreligious Dialogue	p. 129
Han at the Crossroads of Religions	p. 132
Mother Teresa	p. 134
The Resolution of Han	p. 137
Awakening	p. 138
Understanding	p. 138
Envisionment: A Vision of a New World	p. 147
Engagement: Compassionate Confrontation	p. 170
Conclusion	p. 177
Notes	p. 179
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