March First Independence Movement Day
Today is a national holiday in Korea, commemorating the March 1, 1919 Declaration of Independence. Korea was at the time under Japanese colonial rule. It would not, however, be until the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II that Korea would know independence.
The Independence Movement, an article by John Kie-chiang Oh, Professor Emeritus of the Catholic University of America, explores the role of religion, specifically Christianity, Buddhism, and the native Korean Tonghak/Chondogyo, in the events of that day.
Today is a national holiday in Korea, commemorating the March 1, 1919 Declaration of Independence. Korea was at the time under Japanese colonial rule. It would not, however, be until the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II that Korea would know independence.
The Independence Movement, an article by John Kie-chiang Oh, Professor Emeritus of the Catholic University of America, explores the role of religion, specifically Christianity, Buddhism, and the native Korean Tonghak/Chondogyo, in the events of that day.
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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