Korean Women, Self-Esteem, and Practical Theology - Transformative Care

This book offers a critical-constructive study of Korean women's self-esteem from a feminist practical theological perspective. Jaeyeon Lucy Chung recognizes two different and yet related problems: the absence of scholarly work on women's self-esteem from non-white, non-Western groups in the field of practical theology, and the lack of attention to the low self-esteem prevalent in Korean women's sociocultural and religious context. Chung employs in-depth interview studies while drawing on theoretical resources of psychology, theology, and cultural studies to develop a relational-communal theory of self-esteem, and a systematic, communal understanding of pastoral care practice. The project offers insights into the life experience of Korean women, especially self-esteem, and it reveals some of the ways self-esteem can be fostered.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Korean Women's Personal Narratives.- 3. Rhetoric of Obedience and Self-Sacrifice in Confucianism and Christianity.- 4. Self-Esteem as a Relational Psychological Construct.- 5. Imago Dei, Friendship, and the Theology of Self-esteem.- 6. Relational-Transformative Pastoral Care for Korean Women.

Product details

• Authors: Jaeyeon Lucy Chung
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2017
• EAN: 9783319695075
• ISBN: 978-3-31-969507-5
• No. of pages: 138
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 218 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 290 g
• Illustrations: VII, 138 p.
• Series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; C, Cultural Studies, Psychology, Religion: general, Feminism & feminist theory, Religion and Philosophy, Asian Culture, Ethnology—Asia, Religion and Psychology, Psychology and religion, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Feminist Theology, korean christianity;self-esteem;Chong;Choi;Saussy