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I first wrote this article about fifteen years ago, as an essay for a Korean Culture/History paper that I was studying at Auckland University at that time. Apart from the last paragraph, which I have rewritten substantially to include changes that have taken place over the past fifteen years, I have hardly changed the text at all. I find it amazing how almost all of what I wrote in 1988 is still true today. ( David Cannon)
Korean spellings are incorrect.
This article is superb. I was just wondering if the bibliography and references could be modified or shortened to fit the standard Wiki format? And perhaps would could edit the tone/style slightly? But mega kudos to the author once again. Thanks ~ Dpr 05:45, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I made a slight change in the section mentioning traditional names for God. The original pure Korean name for God was 하느님, which is related to the word 하늘 (sky), and is still used by most non-Protestant religious groups in Korea. The name 하나님 is derived from 하나 (one), and my understanding is that it was coined by early Protestants who objected to the use of 하느님, due to its reference to the sky. ( User:Chamdarae)
Since I can't read Korean, would you mind spelling those in enlgish for me so I know how to pronounce them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.144.42.153 ( talk) 12:48, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
I added Template:Wikify even though this article is fairly well-laid-out and linked, because the footnotes would work much better if wikified, using e.g. Footnote3. -- Visviva 03:19, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
I'm not sure (I can only read Korean, my vocabulary is limited to about 50 words), but it looks like there are still some minor problems with the Korean versions of some of the names. Someone who knows, please verify the following:
It could just be that there's a problem with the transliteration of some of these. I see "Park Chung-hee" is linked, so some people apparently think that's a legitimate way to transliterate pak... :-p Tomer TALK 03:19, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
Gaccia. Thanks for the explanation. Tomer TALK 22:21, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
The economy is another area in which Christian "geomentality" has been an influential factor for change. Traditional Korean thought was permeated with the Taoist- Confucianist concept of the Yin (음) and the Yang (양) - which held that the universe is governed by complementary opposite forces which must be kept eternally in equilibrium. Such thinking is not conducive to developments which interfere with what is perceived as the natural order. Judeo-Christian teaching, by contrast, gives man dominion over nature ( Genesis 1.26; Psalm 8.6-8). South Korea's dramatic economic growth over the past three decades may be linked in part to the growing influence of the Christian view of ecology. There were, of course, other factors, too - the massive inflow of American capital has also been instrumental.
So Christianity is the driving force for Korea's economic success? I presume that's why Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore have remained impoverished and undeveloped?
Somewhere a line must be drawn. A writer pushing his own pet theory with no references is unacceptable. This section should be removed.
-- ran ( talk) 04:43, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
(restarting indentation)
Re "work ethos" thought: I fully agree Gospelcom.net is not the best of links in this context; if someone decides to expand the idea, s/he may want to find better references. (I floated the work ethos idea just in case someone else would like it.)
Geomentality. Yes, certainly looks interesting. And it's a real academic subject, with some of its research involving Korea. AvB ÷ talk 20:13, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Excuse me, but Japan has done fabulously well economically, in parallel with South Korea, and they have a proportionally miniscule population of Christians. Should this not be mentioned as a caveat? Even South Korea's Christian population is not near majority, for that matter. -- SohanDsouza 04:39, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
I noted that there is an edit war going on where a user keeps reverting changes--insisting that "Catholicism is not a part of Christianity" and therefore should have no place in this article. To say this is utter silliness. Both a cathedral and the Yoido church buildings are prominent examples of Christian architecture that reflects the different religious beliefs in Korea; why not include both photographs?-- Merkurix 17:28, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
I was briefly skimming through the article and found several grammatical errors; sentence structure is poor and the section labeled Controversies has some problems.
Controversies -- is there a definite outside reference/source that attacks Christianity in Korea? Yeah, there's articles about certain problems but if there aren't any critics, I really think IMO the section could be either redone or just deleted.
If there's any problems, by all means discuss and if you strongly feel that the article is up to par as a good article, then take off the tag. -- Nissi Kim 22:09, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
In the early 90s, notably in 1992, there was a bit of a "Rapture movement" in South Korea. Some people, a small minority I'm sure, were convinced the end of the world was coming. I was there at the time and recall it getting some coverage on CNN Headline News. I don't know if that makes it worth including in this article, but certainly something could be said for the minor Christian cults that have sprung up. For more information search for the Korean Hyoo-go or Rapture Movement, and Lee Jang Rim, leader of the Korean doomsday cult Mission for the Coming Days (also known as the Tami Church). 74.99.167.47 04:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
As having attended two Ewhas, I feel very embarrassed to see 'Ewha' spelled as 'Ehwa,' which I do admit is how one would reasonably translate 이화. Also, the official name of 이화학당 is "Ewha Hakdang." Looking forward to the corrections, thank you very much.
I have taken a shot at making the discussion of the possible role of Christianity in Korea's economic growth a little more complete. I did not add to the bibliography yet, pending other folks' comments. Also, I have to say I find the references on this page confusing--there are 50-some reference numbers, but only 40-some numbered references. Is there something miscoded here, or am I misunderstanding how these things are supposed to work? Please comment! Rikyu 18:58, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
This article reads like a pamphlet from Christian missionary! (Except for a non-informative Scandal section). Especially the part about social impact. Many countries in Asia have been able to get rid of the social evils in their countries without the help of Christianity. I think this article is completely biased. Leotolstoy 17:24, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
I think this article is quite well written. Related to the economic success or political liberties, I guess there might be some controversies. However, I think it might be true that Christianity has played a positive role in enhancing the political freedom or boosting the economic developments. Someone mentioned Japan, Singapore.. etc. These countries have higher GDP per capita than S. Korea. But even in 1950 ~ 1960, these countries were not as poor as S. Korea. ) 19:54, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
It has occurred to me that my note on this page was poorly placed and may escape many people's attention, so I just want to point out that I've done a large amount of editing and my comments about it can be found under "Christianity takes credit for Korea's economic success!!" above.
Also, I see that an anonymous user has deleted an entire section. I thought the section was fairly useful but not crucial, so I'm on the fence about reverting. I'd appreciate any comments (especially from the person who deleted it) on why it was deleted and whether it might be beneficial to put it back in. Thanks. -- edi ( talk) 20:01, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I believe this is the Majority point of view held by both Catholics and Protestants in South Korea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.54.68.114 ( talk) 15:32, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
I should point out that Korean shamanism wasn't monotheistic at all, and, not having an actual institution or organisational structure, did not have a singular creation myth, as it differed according to regions in Korea. There was no one all-powerful god, but some very powerful godS, and many less powerful gods. According to one Shamanistic creation myth, it was actually Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, who separated and shaped earth and sky. If one wanted to argue it, one could say that Maitreya is the Christian God's equivalent, but no Buddhist is even going to try to make that claim. Also, academics who have actually studied the etymology of the word "하늘님" or "하느님" will tell you that the word was never used in pre-modern Korean history to mean "The Heavenly God" or any variant of such until Protestant missionaries arrived. The usage of 하늘님/하느님 in pre-modern Korean poems was strictly so that the author of the poem can use a three-syllable word for "sky," with the end product sometimes functionally resembling the vocative form of a word in Latin. The popular misconception was spawned by the misconception of the missionaries who tried to earnestly to find a way to tack Christian beliefs onto Korean popular culture. One hypothesis is that, in their haste, the missionaries were overly ambitious and saw what they wanted to see - a three-syllable word that merely meant sky, but was turned into an address for the Christian God. I'm not pulling this out of my rear...I'm just representing the work of Dr. Don Baker from the University of British Columbia. — Dark_chancellor 12:59, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Last week, today being 4/Aug/'09, awoman and her family were jailed. The lady had in her possession a Bible. She had earlier given a Bible to her friend! What we say here may have reprocussions. I havn't named the place, etc.
MacOfJesus ( talk) 20:48, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
I was antisipating, not reflecting, or judging. To be prepared, rather than say something that would be difficult for others. Pax.
MacOfJesus ( talk) 23:36, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
So? Did the woman having a bible on her make a difference to her being jailed? Is this noteworthy to wikipedia rather than just being a news story? What does this have to do with Korea? Munci ( talk) 09:24, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
The woman was jailed because she had a Bible, this is the talk page not the article page, let us be sensitive as Christians should be, "good will to all men of good will".
MacOfJesus ( talk) 21:48, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
I almost changed the title of this article to Protestantism in Korea instead of Christianity in Korea.
There are not much information available on Catholicism in this article. I suggest the article be separated into a Protestant one and a Catholic one. ( 1tephania ( talk) 01:18, 28 January 2010 (UTC))
This article is strongly pro-christian. I would even believe that a Korean christian wrote this article. On the Religions of South Korea article, it states that Korean Christians are often vandalizing other religions. Also, many non-believers, be them atheists or those of other belief, are totally disgusted by the mass rallies, corruption, the 'missionaries' and so on. This is probably the main reason for the decline of christian population in Korea, yet the article doesn't even handle this?
If I have to, I can provide quite a lot of Korean news sites that indicates all the 'negative' aspects of Korean christianity, which the article clearly does not want to dispute.
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Songgyo paek mundap [One Hundred Questions and Answers on the Sacred Teaching]
Title Syŏnggyo [Sŏnggyo paek] mundap
Author Jean Blanc
Published 1884
Original from Harvard University
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Title 쥬년첨례광익 Volume 1 of Chunyŏn chʻŏmnye kwangik, Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Author Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Publisher 천주당, 1908 Original from Harvard University Digitized Oct 16, 2008
Title Chunyŏn chʻŏmnye kwangik, Volume 2 Chunyŏn chʻŏmnye kwangik, Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Author Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Publisher Chʻŏnjudang Original from Harvard University Digitized Oct 16, 2008
Title Chunyŏn chʻŏmnye kwangik, Volume 3 Chunyŏn chʻŏmnye kwangik, Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Author Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Publisher Chʻŏnjudang Original from Harvard University Digitized Oct 16, 2008
Rajmaan ( talk) 13:57, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Title The call of Korea: political--social--religious Author Horace Grant Underwood Edition 3 Publisher Fleming H. Revell co., 1908 Original from the University of California Digitized Nov 26, 2007 Length 204 pages Subjects History › Asia › China
History / Asia / China History / Asia / Korea Korea Missions Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions http://books.google.com/books?id=QzEWAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Title The call of Korea: political, social, religious
Author Horace Grant Underwood
Publisher Fleming H. Revell, 1908
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Feb 29, 2008
Length 204 pages
Subjects History › Asia › China
History / Asia / China History / Asia / Korea Korea Missions Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions
Title Underwood of Korea: being an intimate record of the life and work of the Rev. H.G. Underwood, D.D., LL.D., for thiry one years a missionary of the Presbyterian board in Korea, Volume 45; Volume 510 Colonial period Korea Underwood of Korea: Being an Intimate Record of the Life and Work of the Rev. H.G. Underwood, D.D., LL.D., for Thiry One Years a Missionary of the Presbyterian Board in Korea, Lillias Horton Underwood Author Lillias Horton Underwood Publisher Fleming H. Revell company, 1918 Original from Harvard University Digitized Nov 2, 2006 Length 350 pages Subjects Missions http://books.google.com/books?id=UpALAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Title Fifteen years among the top-knots: or, Life in Korea Author Lillias Horton Underwood Publisher American tract society, 1904 Length 271 pages Subjects Korea Missions
Rajmaan ( talk) 14:24, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
This article could use some numbers: How many Catholics, etc. are there in South Korea? Kdammers ( talk) 05:41, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
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The two tags at the beginning of the page were added in a month ago by the same IP user—no discussion here that I saw. Perhaps the claims were valid; not sure how these processes work, but usually tags like those come with some sort of discussion. So…to remove? Or solve? Or evaluate? 173.76.165.235 ( talk) 19:49, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
And to clarify: This is the edit I refer to, in which a POV tag and rewrite tag were added to the top of this page. 173.76.165.235 ( talk) 19:51, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
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Should this source be added. http://book.aks.ac.kr/lib/down2.asp?idx=482 Manabimasu ( talk) 20:00, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
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I first wrote this article about fifteen years ago, as an essay for a Korean Culture/History paper that I was studying at Auckland University at that time. Apart from the last paragraph, which I have rewritten substantially to include changes that have taken place over the past fifteen years, I have hardly changed the text at all. I find it amazing how almost all of what I wrote in 1988 is still true today. ( David Cannon)
Korean spellings are incorrect.
This article is superb. I was just wondering if the bibliography and references could be modified or shortened to fit the standard Wiki format? And perhaps would could edit the tone/style slightly? But mega kudos to the author once again. Thanks ~ Dpr 05:45, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I made a slight change in the section mentioning traditional names for God. The original pure Korean name for God was 하느님, which is related to the word 하늘 (sky), and is still used by most non-Protestant religious groups in Korea. The name 하나님 is derived from 하나 (one), and my understanding is that it was coined by early Protestants who objected to the use of 하느님, due to its reference to the sky. ( User:Chamdarae)
Since I can't read Korean, would you mind spelling those in enlgish for me so I know how to pronounce them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.144.42.153 ( talk) 12:48, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
I added Template:Wikify even though this article is fairly well-laid-out and linked, because the footnotes would work much better if wikified, using e.g. Footnote3. -- Visviva 03:19, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
I'm not sure (I can only read Korean, my vocabulary is limited to about 50 words), but it looks like there are still some minor problems with the Korean versions of some of the names. Someone who knows, please verify the following:
It could just be that there's a problem with the transliteration of some of these. I see "Park Chung-hee" is linked, so some people apparently think that's a legitimate way to transliterate pak... :-p Tomer TALK 03:19, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
Gaccia. Thanks for the explanation. Tomer TALK 22:21, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
The economy is another area in which Christian "geomentality" has been an influential factor for change. Traditional Korean thought was permeated with the Taoist- Confucianist concept of the Yin (음) and the Yang (양) - which held that the universe is governed by complementary opposite forces which must be kept eternally in equilibrium. Such thinking is not conducive to developments which interfere with what is perceived as the natural order. Judeo-Christian teaching, by contrast, gives man dominion over nature ( Genesis 1.26; Psalm 8.6-8). South Korea's dramatic economic growth over the past three decades may be linked in part to the growing influence of the Christian view of ecology. There were, of course, other factors, too - the massive inflow of American capital has also been instrumental.
So Christianity is the driving force for Korea's economic success? I presume that's why Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore have remained impoverished and undeveloped?
Somewhere a line must be drawn. A writer pushing his own pet theory with no references is unacceptable. This section should be removed.
-- ran ( talk) 04:43, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
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Re "work ethos" thought: I fully agree Gospelcom.net is not the best of links in this context; if someone decides to expand the idea, s/he may want to find better references. (I floated the work ethos idea just in case someone else would like it.)
Geomentality. Yes, certainly looks interesting. And it's a real academic subject, with some of its research involving Korea. AvB ÷ talk 20:13, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Excuse me, but Japan has done fabulously well economically, in parallel with South Korea, and they have a proportionally miniscule population of Christians. Should this not be mentioned as a caveat? Even South Korea's Christian population is not near majority, for that matter. -- SohanDsouza 04:39, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
I noted that there is an edit war going on where a user keeps reverting changes--insisting that "Catholicism is not a part of Christianity" and therefore should have no place in this article. To say this is utter silliness. Both a cathedral and the Yoido church buildings are prominent examples of Christian architecture that reflects the different religious beliefs in Korea; why not include both photographs?-- Merkurix 17:28, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
I was briefly skimming through the article and found several grammatical errors; sentence structure is poor and the section labeled Controversies has some problems.
Controversies -- is there a definite outside reference/source that attacks Christianity in Korea? Yeah, there's articles about certain problems but if there aren't any critics, I really think IMO the section could be either redone or just deleted.
If there's any problems, by all means discuss and if you strongly feel that the article is up to par as a good article, then take off the tag. -- Nissi Kim 22:09, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
In the early 90s, notably in 1992, there was a bit of a "Rapture movement" in South Korea. Some people, a small minority I'm sure, were convinced the end of the world was coming. I was there at the time and recall it getting some coverage on CNN Headline News. I don't know if that makes it worth including in this article, but certainly something could be said for the minor Christian cults that have sprung up. For more information search for the Korean Hyoo-go or Rapture Movement, and Lee Jang Rim, leader of the Korean doomsday cult Mission for the Coming Days (also known as the Tami Church). 74.99.167.47 04:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
As having attended two Ewhas, I feel very embarrassed to see 'Ewha' spelled as 'Ehwa,' which I do admit is how one would reasonably translate 이화. Also, the official name of 이화학당 is "Ewha Hakdang." Looking forward to the corrections, thank you very much.
I have taken a shot at making the discussion of the possible role of Christianity in Korea's economic growth a little more complete. I did not add to the bibliography yet, pending other folks' comments. Also, I have to say I find the references on this page confusing--there are 50-some reference numbers, but only 40-some numbered references. Is there something miscoded here, or am I misunderstanding how these things are supposed to work? Please comment! Rikyu 18:58, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
This article reads like a pamphlet from Christian missionary! (Except for a non-informative Scandal section). Especially the part about social impact. Many countries in Asia have been able to get rid of the social evils in their countries without the help of Christianity. I think this article is completely biased. Leotolstoy 17:24, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
I think this article is quite well written. Related to the economic success or political liberties, I guess there might be some controversies. However, I think it might be true that Christianity has played a positive role in enhancing the political freedom or boosting the economic developments. Someone mentioned Japan, Singapore.. etc. These countries have higher GDP per capita than S. Korea. But even in 1950 ~ 1960, these countries were not as poor as S. Korea. ) 19:54, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
It has occurred to me that my note on this page was poorly placed and may escape many people's attention, so I just want to point out that I've done a large amount of editing and my comments about it can be found under "Christianity takes credit for Korea's economic success!!" above.
Also, I see that an anonymous user has deleted an entire section. I thought the section was fairly useful but not crucial, so I'm on the fence about reverting. I'd appreciate any comments (especially from the person who deleted it) on why it was deleted and whether it might be beneficial to put it back in. Thanks. -- edi ( talk) 20:01, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I believe this is the Majority point of view held by both Catholics and Protestants in South Korea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.54.68.114 ( talk) 15:32, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
I should point out that Korean shamanism wasn't monotheistic at all, and, not having an actual institution or organisational structure, did not have a singular creation myth, as it differed according to regions in Korea. There was no one all-powerful god, but some very powerful godS, and many less powerful gods. According to one Shamanistic creation myth, it was actually Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, who separated and shaped earth and sky. If one wanted to argue it, one could say that Maitreya is the Christian God's equivalent, but no Buddhist is even going to try to make that claim. Also, academics who have actually studied the etymology of the word "하늘님" or "하느님" will tell you that the word was never used in pre-modern Korean history to mean "The Heavenly God" or any variant of such until Protestant missionaries arrived. The usage of 하늘님/하느님 in pre-modern Korean poems was strictly so that the author of the poem can use a three-syllable word for "sky," with the end product sometimes functionally resembling the vocative form of a word in Latin. The popular misconception was spawned by the misconception of the missionaries who tried to earnestly to find a way to tack Christian beliefs onto Korean popular culture. One hypothesis is that, in their haste, the missionaries were overly ambitious and saw what they wanted to see - a three-syllable word that merely meant sky, but was turned into an address for the Christian God. I'm not pulling this out of my rear...I'm just representing the work of Dr. Don Baker from the University of British Columbia. — Dark_chancellor 12:59, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Last week, today being 4/Aug/'09, awoman and her family were jailed. The lady had in her possession a Bible. She had earlier given a Bible to her friend! What we say here may have reprocussions. I havn't named the place, etc.
MacOfJesus ( talk) 20:48, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
I was antisipating, not reflecting, or judging. To be prepared, rather than say something that would be difficult for others. Pax.
MacOfJesus ( talk) 23:36, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
So? Did the woman having a bible on her make a difference to her being jailed? Is this noteworthy to wikipedia rather than just being a news story? What does this have to do with Korea? Munci ( talk) 09:24, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
The woman was jailed because she had a Bible, this is the talk page not the article page, let us be sensitive as Christians should be, "good will to all men of good will".
MacOfJesus ( talk) 21:48, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
I almost changed the title of this article to Protestantism in Korea instead of Christianity in Korea.
There are not much information available on Catholicism in this article. I suggest the article be separated into a Protestant one and a Catholic one. ( 1tephania ( talk) 01:18, 28 January 2010 (UTC))
This article is strongly pro-christian. I would even believe that a Korean christian wrote this article. On the Religions of South Korea article, it states that Korean Christians are often vandalizing other religions. Also, many non-believers, be them atheists or those of other belief, are totally disgusted by the mass rallies, corruption, the 'missionaries' and so on. This is probably the main reason for the decline of christian population in Korea, yet the article doesn't even handle this?
If I have to, I can provide quite a lot of Korean news sites that indicates all the 'negative' aspects of Korean christianity, which the article clearly does not want to dispute.
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Songgyo paek mundap [One Hundred Questions and Answers on the Sacred Teaching]
Title Syŏnggyo [Sŏnggyo paek] mundap
Author Jean Blanc
Published 1884
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Oct 16, 2008
Length 60 pages
Rajmaan ( talk) 14:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Title 쥬년첨례광익 Volume 1 of Chunyŏn chʻŏmnye kwangik, Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Author Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Publisher 천주당, 1908 Original from Harvard University Digitized Oct 16, 2008
Title Chunyŏn chʻŏmnye kwangik, Volume 2 Chunyŏn chʻŏmnye kwangik, Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Author Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Publisher Chʻŏnjudang Original from Harvard University Digitized Oct 16, 2008
Title Chunyŏn chʻŏmnye kwangik, Volume 3 Chunyŏn chʻŏmnye kwangik, Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Author Gustave Charles Maries Mutel Publisher Chʻŏnjudang Original from Harvard University Digitized Oct 16, 2008
Rajmaan ( talk) 13:57, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Title The call of Korea: political--social--religious Author Horace Grant Underwood Edition 3 Publisher Fleming H. Revell co., 1908 Original from the University of California Digitized Nov 26, 2007 Length 204 pages Subjects History › Asia › China
History / Asia / China History / Asia / Korea Korea Missions Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions http://books.google.com/books?id=QzEWAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Title The call of Korea: political, social, religious
Author Horace Grant Underwood
Publisher Fleming H. Revell, 1908
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Feb 29, 2008
Length 204 pages
Subjects History › Asia › China
History / Asia / China History / Asia / Korea Korea Missions Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions
Title Underwood of Korea: being an intimate record of the life and work of the Rev. H.G. Underwood, D.D., LL.D., for thiry one years a missionary of the Presbyterian board in Korea, Volume 45; Volume 510 Colonial period Korea Underwood of Korea: Being an Intimate Record of the Life and Work of the Rev. H.G. Underwood, D.D., LL.D., for Thiry One Years a Missionary of the Presbyterian Board in Korea, Lillias Horton Underwood Author Lillias Horton Underwood Publisher Fleming H. Revell company, 1918 Original from Harvard University Digitized Nov 2, 2006 Length 350 pages Subjects Missions http://books.google.com/books?id=UpALAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Title Fifteen years among the top-knots: or, Life in Korea Author Lillias Horton Underwood Publisher American tract society, 1904 Length 271 pages Subjects Korea Missions
Rajmaan ( talk) 14:24, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
This article could use some numbers: How many Catholics, etc. are there in South Korea? Kdammers ( talk) 05:41, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
See [2] for a recent very useful source. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:39, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
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I merged the Roman Catholicism in South Korea article with this one. They seemed to overlap badly, and can be dealt with well if kept together. Spacecowboy420 ( talk) 09:29, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
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The two tags at the beginning of the page were added in a month ago by the same IP user—no discussion here that I saw. Perhaps the claims were valid; not sure how these processes work, but usually tags like those come with some sort of discussion. So…to remove? Or solve? Or evaluate? 173.76.165.235 ( talk) 19:49, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
And to clarify: This is the edit I refer to, in which a POV tag and rewrite tag were added to the top of this page. 173.76.165.235 ( talk) 19:51, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Twelve days later, no discussion (and none on the related topic in ~6 years). Removing per
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Should this source be added. http://book.aks.ac.kr/lib/down2.asp?idx=482 Manabimasu ( talk) 20:00, 29 July 2019 (UTC)