Post-Korean War Era (1945–1970)

Abstract

The two mainstreams of Korean biblical interpretation, fundamentalism and neo-Orthodoxy, continued even after the liberation of Korea from Japanese Imperialism. In South Korea, most churches and seminaries accepted the former, while a few Christian groups and theological institutes spread the latter. A continuing conflict arose, causing church splits and sectarian movements in the 1950s. Sectarians interpreted the Bible for their laity, an indigenous theology, and the secularization of the 1960s. All these movements responded to contemporary social change and a fluid ecclesial situation. These movements laid the foundation for the beginning of Minjung theology in the 1970s.