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Postcolonial Reflection on the Christian Mission: The Case of North Korean Refugees in China and South Korea

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  • Shin Ji Kang

    (Department of Early, Elementary & Reading Education, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA)

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The purpose of this paper is to challenge the dominant narrative of Christian service providers working for North Korean refugees’ welfare, and to articulate the perspectives of non-Christian aid recipients, especially North Korean refugees in China and South Korea. Drawing upon postcolonialism, I will unpack dysfunctions of Christian missions and ministries while relating them to anthropological insights and ethnographic research data. As a Christian scholar, I attempt to invite Christian leaders and field workers to engage in critical reflections on their goals, dispositions, and strategies in relating to the culturally, politically, and economically marginalized. This paper is aimed to offer opportunities for Christian missionaries to critique their colonial models and to reclaim their missions that decolonize both missionaries and the missionized.

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  • Shin Ji Kang, 2016. "Postcolonial Reflection on the Christian Mission: The Case of North Korean Refugees in China and South Korea," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 5(4), pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:5:y:2016:i:4:p:67-:d:81278
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