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Historicizing Seoul’s Modern Transformation Historicizing Seoul’s Modern Transformation
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The Opening of the Hermit Kingdom and the Experience of Colonialism The Opening of the Hermit Kingdom and the Experience of Colonialism
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Postliberation and the Division Era of Seoul Postliberation and the Division Era of Seoul
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Christianity and Seoulite Citizenship Among North Korean Migrants Christianity and Seoulite Citizenship Among North Korean Migrants
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Bright Seoul Versus Dark Pyongyang Bright Seoul Versus Dark Pyongyang
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Christian Pedagogy in Making Marketable and Faithful Citizens Christian Pedagogy in Making Marketable and Faithful Citizens
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Free to be: Conversion in the Global City of Seoul Free to be: Conversion in the Global City of Seoul
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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References References
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14 The Politics of Desecularization: Christian Churches and North Korean Migrants in Seoul
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Published:May 2015
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Abstract
This chapter examines the politics of desecularization by focusing on the experience of Christian churches and North Korean migrants in Seoul. In particular, it demonstrates how Seoul has undergone desecularization in response to a changing geopolitical climate by providing both historical accounts of Korean Christianity and ethnographic vignettes of North Korean migrants' conversion to Christianity. It also considers a particular form of Christianity as it serves to promote, if not delimit, a modality of ideal liberal citizenship. Finally, it explores how religious revival, invention, and intervention have been intertwined in the processes of modernization and urbanization in Seoul, along with the changing implications of the transformative capacity of Christianity (that is, conversion) for self and society. It suggests that the conversion of North Korean migrants to Christianity is a reflection of the so-called “compressed modernity” of South Korea's rapid socioeconomic transformation.
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