A Warning from the U.S. Embassy
I just received this by email from the U.S. Embassy in Seoul:
On Friday, August 15, from approximately 4:00 p.m. into the evening, demonstrators expected to number in the thousands will gather in the area of Seoul City Plaza. Two separate demonstrations are planned, one by anti-U.S. civic groups and the other by anti-nuclear/anti Kim, Chong-il Christian organizations (pro-U.S.).
It should be an interesting confrontation. In a sense, the two sides are battling for the soul of Korea. It is also an inter-generational conflict.
The Christians spoken of in warning are undoubtedly Protestants, mostly Presbyterians (Jangnogyo), who in Korea tend to be ultra-conservative, both socially and politically. [A notable exception would be the Rev. Noh Jong-Sun, a leading advocate of Minjung Theology, which is Liberation Theology with a Korean twist.]
Korean Catholics tend to be as socially conservative as their Protestant brethren, but from my experience lean toward more "progressive" political causes.
I just received this by email from the U.S. Embassy in Seoul:
On Friday, August 15, from approximately 4:00 p.m. into the evening, demonstrators expected to number in the thousands will gather in the area of Seoul City Plaza. Two separate demonstrations are planned, one by anti-U.S. civic groups and the other by anti-nuclear/anti Kim, Chong-il Christian organizations (pro-U.S.).
It should be an interesting confrontation. In a sense, the two sides are battling for the soul of Korea. It is also an inter-generational conflict.
The Christians spoken of in warning are undoubtedly Protestants, mostly Presbyterians (Jangnogyo), who in Korea tend to be ultra-conservative, both socially and politically. [A notable exception would be the Rev. Noh Jong-Sun, a leading advocate of Minjung Theology, which is Liberation Theology with a Korean twist.]
Korean Catholics tend to be as socially conservative as their Protestant brethren, but from my experience lean toward more "progressive" political causes.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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