This paper presents a multilateral analysis of the penetration process of Protestantism on the Korean Peninsula. For the first time in Russian historiography, the methods of missionary activity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were studied. Using these techniques, Western missionaries instilled their teachings not only in China and Japan, but also with even greater success in Korea. Protestant and especially Presbyterian missionary centers, created during the period of the political and economic turmoil, became a shelter for the lower strata of Korean society. Thanks to them, numerous schools and hospitals appeared. Korean youth, regardless of gender and origin, had the opportunity to receive elementary general education and English lessons along with Bible study.
Keywords: Korea, missionary work, Nevius method, Christianity, Presbyterianism, syncretism, “pledge services”.
DOI: 10.22250/2072-8662.2019.4.30-36
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Sergei A. Sevriugin – Master student at Academy of Korean Studies (한국학중앙연구원) 50 Unjung-dong, Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea; sergey.sevryugin@mail.ru |