The Emplantation of Catholicism in Pre-modern Korea: Texts, Teachings and Gender Relations

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Kevin N. Cawley (University College Cork, Ireland)

The Emplantation of Catholicism in Pre-modern Korea

Texts, Teachings and Gender Relations

Kevin N. Cawley (University College Cork, Ireland)

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Bloomsbury Academic
06 February 2025

Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality

Tracing the development of Catholic ideas in Japan and China during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, this book provides an overview of the evolution of the missionary strategy in East Asia while focusing on the early emplantation of Catholicism in Korea.

Kevin Cawley recreates the tumultuous period for gender relations and explores interreligious interactions between Confucians and Catholics. Highlighting the textual production this period inspired, this book examines writings such as the catechism of the Italian Jesuit, Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), which went on to convert a group of elite Confucian scholars to the new religion. It also underscores the importance of the vernacular catechism written by Chong Yakchong (1760–1801), a convert from a prominent Confucian family, who was eventually executed. Chong's text made Catholicism easily understandable for women, as well as men from lower social classes, who eventually converted in significant numbers effecting real social change. Outlining the shift from rejection to acceptance of new texts composed by early Korean converts, this book explores emergent Catholicism in Japan, China and Korea, as well as the various challenges encountered and how the mission strategy changed as a result.

Exploring gender relations, both in relation to Confucianism and Catholics during this period, this book provides insight into this previously under researched aspect of East Asian Catholicism. In this study, we learn how religious persecution and political tactics manipulated, terrified and exterminated converts to Catholicism. From European Jesuits to Korean Confucians, this book outlines a fascinating journey of intercultural engagement between Western and Eastern worldviews.

By: Kevin N. Cawley (University College Cork Ireland)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781350236011
ISBN 10: 1350236012
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 06 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Jesuits on a Mission: Matteo Ricci’s Transcultural Journey 2.Rejecting Heterodoxy: Choson’s Orthodox Neo-Confucian Stronghold 3. Divergent Confucians: Conversions to Catholic Teachings in Choson 4. Dangerous Authorship: From Chong Yakchong to the Silk Letter 5. Deviant and Defiant Feminists in the Early Catholic Church Conclusion: The Seeds of Future Church Growth Bibliography Index

Kevin N. Cawley is Associate Professor of Korean Religion and Philosophy, and Director of the Irish Institute of Korean Studies at University College Cork, Ireland.

Reviews for The Emplantation of Catholicism in Pre-modern Korea: Texts, Teachings and Gender Relations

Kevin Cawley brings a fresh approach to the examination of the early history of the Catholic Church in Korea, both in the theoretical and analytical approaches he uses, but also in the depth of his discussion on the ‘reception history’ of Catholicism. The book examines the psychological reasons for why people responded as they did to the Christian message, the importance of the use of the indigenous Korean alphabet in catechisms and hymnology and how the Christian Gospel reached repressed groups including women. Cawley has given us a fresh and deeper understanding of how Christian teachings were emplanted in difficult circumstances. * James H. Grayson, University of Sheffield, UK *