Protestantism and the formation of modern Korea 1884-1894

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.From the very start of its missionary activity, Protestantism by historical accident coincided with the opening of the Korean nation and subsequent culture contact with the West and social change. Thus, it is nuclear to this dissertation to analyze causally the involvement of Protestantism in the inceptive process of the formation of modern Korea and to study the dynamics and nature of their contact through tracing specifically the influence of Protestantism. Attention is focused on finding out how heterogeneous elements, Protestantism which came to Korea in the same package with Western capitalism, technology, and other phases of Western civilization came to face things Korean. The nature and process of the contact and the extent and direction of mutual accommodation during the inceptive stage of the formation of modern Korea are examined [TRUNCATED].2031-01-0