Article: Christianity and the Encounter of Asian Religions: Method of Correlation, Fusion of Horizons, and Paradigm Shifts in the Korean Grafting Process.(Review)

Kyoung Jae Kim, Mission 10. Zoetermeer: Boekencentrum, 1994. Pp. 213. f35,-, paper.

Kim uses insights from Gadamer, Kuhn, and Tillich to investigate four principal Korean theological models: a "sowing model" (Park Hyung-Nong) used chiefly by the conservatives, a "yeast model" (Vim Chai-Choon) found more among the liberals, a "converging model" (Suh Nam-Dong), and the preferred "grafting model" taken from the work of Ryu Tong-Shik, which represents "the mature side of the liberal part of the Korean Church" (p. 15). The chief value of this book is the exposition and evaluation given to each of these four models, even if they are handled somewhat unevenly and with ...

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