Social Sources of Church Growth: Korean Churches in the Homeland and Overseas.

Abstract

Social Sources of Church Growth is the product of a comprehensive scientific study conducted to unveil the unexplained explosive growth of the Korean church both in Korea and overseas. Despite much discourse on this subject, Han explains that previous attempts to understand growth are futile without first employing the concept of church as social institution. Han investigates the growth with references to pervasive Korean culture, education, industrialization, and other religions. Contents: Introduction; Literature Review; Conceptual Framework and Methodology; THE GROWTH OF CHURCH IN KOREA; The Growth of the Church in Korea Up to 1960; Church Growth, Industrialization, Materialism and the Birth of Religio-Economic Entrepreneurship; THE GROWTH OF THE KOREAN ETHNIC CHURCHES IN SYDNEY; Overview of the Life of Koreans and Korean Churches in Sydney; The Ethnic Dimension of Korean Churches in Sydney; The Political Dimensions of Korean Churches in Sydney; Summary and Conclusion.