Reunification of South and North Koreas

Abstract

This chapter evaluates biblical and theological studies attempted by Korean scholars to justify Korean unification and offers suggestions for future studies. This work can be divided into four approaches: conceptual, historical, missionary, and theological. They are meaningful despite their limitations and lay the foundation for a unification theology. The reunification of the Korean peninsula would not only unite two countries but also realize biblical values and ideologies, including peace, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Pursuit of reunification also addresses theological concepts, such as oneness, “all Israel,” remnant, the Kingdom of God, mission to the ends of the earth, and a new creation. Biblical and theological studies clarify responses and actions necessary for the processes of Korean reunification.