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9780829814811

The Grace of Sophia: A Korean North American Women's Christology

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  • ISBN13:

    9780829814811

  • ISBN10:

    0829814817

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-06-01
  • Publisher: Pilgrim Pr
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Summary

Korean North American women live with a legacy of severe oppression, which has been passed down through generations. In Korea, women suffered under prevailing religious beliefs and cultural practices. When they immigrated to North America, they remained dominated and subordinated, due to barriers such as racism, classism, and sexism.

Grace Ji-Sun Kim asks, what is the "good news" for these women, and how can they come to understand God is with them?

Kim's visionary work is also a pioneering effort -- Korean North American women's theology is in an early stage of development and she is one of only a few Korean North American women theologians.

Kim exposes an additional layer of oppression for Korean North American women -- an accumulation of han. She characterizes han as a prevalent sense of unresolved resentment against injustice suffered and a sense of helplessness because of the overwhelming odds against them.

The Grace of Sophia proposes that linking Jesus with Sophia can be a meaningful way of portraying Christ to Korean North American women. The bi

Table of Contents

Preface vii
The Search for a Liberative Christology
1(11)
Doing Theology in a New Way
12(30)
The Korean Context
42(20)
The Immigration Context
62(19)
A Multifaith Interpretation of Wisdom
81(23)
Biblical Sophia
104(27)
The Grace of Sophia and the Healing of Han
131(32)
Bibliography 163(16)
Index 179

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