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A N ew C onfession of F aith W ith an E co ‐T heology and a F ather ‐C entred T rinitarianism: a C ritical S tudy of the 2ist C entury C onfession of F aith of the P resbyterian C hurch of K orea
Author(s) -
Hwang JaeBuhm
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international review of mission
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.118
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1758-6631
pISSN - 0020-8582
DOI - 10.1111/j.1758-6631.2007.tb00597.x
Subject(s) - confession (law) , theology , christology , philosophy , political science , law
A mainstream Korean Protestant church has recently produced a noticeable confession of faith that includes two distinctive elements: eco‐theology and Father‐centred trinitarianism. The eco‐theoiogical position of the confession emphasizes the whole creation's participation in God's saving works, and declares humans'solidarity with all other creatures. However, this results in weakening the Reformed doctrine of God's free and covenantal dealing with humans. The confession also includes a thorough trinitarianism that turns out to be a Father‐centred trinitarianism. This significantly weakens the Christology and pneumatology of the confession, and may reflect a Confucian and patriarchal way of thinking by the Korean church.