Practicing creationism : science and the new religious practices in South Korea
This paper aims at offering a partial explanation on how young-earth creationism—which was also called “scientific creationism” or “creation science”—prospered in South Korea after the early 1980s. I show that young-earth creationism came to Koreans, when their country and churches were undergoing a...
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| description | This paper aims at offering a partial explanation on how young-earth creationism—which was also called “scientific creationism” or “creation science”—prospered in South Korea after the early 1980s. I show that young-earth creationism came to Koreans, when their country and churches were undergoing a transformation in the 1980s and 1990s. As Korean churches were then trying to refashion themselves through novel entertainment and media relations, creation science was incorporated as a new mode of ministry that crafted a novel practice for Korean Protestantism. Through this process, the creationists with scientific credentials recrafted their roles different from their conventional ones within the country. Promulgating their faith through the mass media, creation museums, amusement parks, and the internet lines, they reformulated what they could do in relation to their churches and the Korean developmental state. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1529632023-03-11T20:05:46Z Practicing creationism : science and the new religious practices in South Korea Park, Hyung Wook School of Humanities History Humanities::History::Asia::Korea Scientific Creationism Religious Beliefs This paper aims at offering a partial explanation on how young-earth creationism—which was also called “scientific creationism” or “creation science”—prospered in South Korea after the early 1980s. I show that young-earth creationism came to Koreans, when their country and churches were undergoing a transformation in the 1980s and 1990s. As Korean churches were then trying to refashion themselves through novel entertainment and media relations, creation science was incorporated as a new mode of ministry that crafted a novel practice for Korean Protestantism. Through this process, the creationists with scientific credentials recrafted their roles different from their conventional ones within the country. Promulgating their faith through the mass media, creation museums, amusement parks, and the internet lines, they reformulated what they could do in relation to their churches and the Korean developmental state. Ministry of Education (MOE) Accepted version This research was funded by the Academic Research Grant Tier-1 (RG49/20) titled, “Science, Religion, and the Struggle against Darwin in an Asian Country,” from the Ministry of Education in Singapore. 2021-12-22T08:41:50Z 2021-12-22T08:41:50Z 2021 Journal Article Park, H. W. (2021). Practicing creationism : science and the new religious practices in South Korea. Almagest: International Journal for the History of Scientific Ideas, 12(1), 12-39. https://dx.doi.org/10.1484/J.ALMAGEST.5.125384 1792-2593 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152963 10.1484/J.ALMAGEST.5.125384 1 12 12 39 en RG49/20 Almagest: International Journal for the History of Scientific Ideas © Brepols Publishers. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Almagest: International Journal for the History of Scientific Ideas and is made available with permission of Brepols Publishers. application/pdf application/pdf |
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