Abstract
On April 16, 2014, in the south sea of Korea, a ferry named Sewol sank and 304 people were killed, including 250 high school students who were on their field trip. Koreans witnessed painfully and powerlessly the victims dying in the cold water, which terrified and traumatized them. It was not simply a marine accident but culminating tragic event caused by decades of accumulated social problems and evils. Because of the complexity behind the tragedy, there were mixed responses to the suffering of the victims and their bereaved families, such as empathy, apathy, and antipathy, sometimes sequentially and sometimes simultaneously. The purpose of this essay, therefore, is to examine these complex social and religious responses to the tragedy, focusing on the Christian bereaved families’ struggle to make sense of their faith in the face of their unspeakable suffering.
Highlights
On April 16, 2014, in the south sea of Korea, a ferry named Sewol sank and 304 people were killed, including 250 high school students who were on their field trip
The ferry was carrying 443 passengers and 33 crew members, and the majority of the passengers on board were 325 young students of Danwon High School located in Ansan, a city south of Seoul
Those students were on the field trip to the Island
Summary
Em 16 de abril de 2014, no mar do sul da Coréia, uma balsa chamada Sewol afundou e 304 pessoas foram mortas, incluindo 250 estudantes do ensino médio que estavam em viagem de campo. Os coreanos testemunharam impotentes e dolorosamente as vítimas morrendo na água fria, o que os aterrorizava e traumatizava ao mesmo tempo. Não foi simplesmente um acidente marítimo, mas um evento trágico culminante, causado por décadas de problemas sociais e males acumulados. Devido à complexidade por trás da tragédia, houve respostas variadas ao sofrimento das vítimas e de suas famílias enlutadas, como empatia, apatia e antipatia, algumas vezes de forma sequencial e outras vezes simultaneamente. O objetivo deste ensaio, portanto, é examinar essas complexas respostas sociais e religiosas à tragédia, concentrando-se na luta das famílias cristãs enlutadas para dar sentido à sua fé em face ao seu indescritível sofrimento.
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