This article investigates some influences of Confucianism on Korean Christian family life, mainly based on Martina Deuchler’s highly elaborate sociological research. It examines some characteristics of Choseon society (1392–1910) in contrast to those of Koryeo society (918–1392), thereby enabling us to see more clearly how Confucianism had some influences on Christian family life in Korea, and to determine whether those influences were Confucian, Christian, or Confucian-Christian. In so doing, this article argues that, on the one hand, Korean Christianity has changed and transformed some previous neo-Confucian traditions and customs within family life. On the other hand, however, Korean Christianity might have strengthened, intensified, or at least justified neo-Confucian patrilineal traditions and customs in some areas of family life. Thus now it is time to reexamine the mutual influences and interrelations between Confucianism and Christianity, in order to transmit Christian faith to the next generation in Korea. This task is the more necessary because the Korean church today witnesses a steep decrease of the number of believers and especially of younger believers, and also an increase in the number of so-called “Canaan Believers” in Korea, namely, those who are “believing without belonging,” and because such changes are directly or indirectly related to the younger generation’s strong antipathy towards Korean Christianity’s traces of Confucianism and the patriarchal and hierarchical streams within it.

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儒家思想对韩国基督徒家庭生活的一些影响

本文主要基于玛蒂娜·德赫勒 (Martina Deuchler) 高度详尽的社会学研究，探讨了儒家思想对韩国基督徒家庭生活的一些影响。它考察了朝鲜社会（1392-1910）与高丽社会（918-1392）的一些特征，从而使我们能够更清楚地看到儒家思想对韩国基督徒家庭生活的影响，并确定这些影响是否是儒教、基督教或儒教-基督教。在这样做的过程中，本文认为，一方面，韩国基督教在家庭生活中改变和改造了一些先前的新儒家传统和习俗。然而，另一方面，韩国基督教可能在家庭生活的某些领域加强、强化或至少证明了新儒家父系传统和习俗。因此，现在是时候重新审视儒教与基督教之间的相互影响和相互关系，以便将基督教信仰传递给韩国的下一代。这项任务更为必要，因为今天的韩国教会见证了信徒人数，尤其是年轻信徒的急剧减少，而韩国所谓的“迦南信徒”的人数也在增加，即那些“信无归属”，因为这种变化直接或间接与年轻一代对韩国基督教的儒家痕迹及其中的宗法和等级流的强烈反感有关。