Abstract:

This paper examines the ''globalization'' of the Korean Catholic Church (KCC). Despite its short history, the KCC has been transformed from a Church receiving missionaries and economic support to one sending them. The KCC has not only sent missionaries abroad, but has engaged in international development through its financial support and by running international developmental NGOs. This paper examines the ecclesial and social factors that have brought about this transformation in the KCC and contemplates its implications for global and Korean Catholicism. Among ecclesial factors, it highlights not merely the KCC's growth but also the decline of religious and priestly vocations in traditionally Catholic countries of the West. It also stresses Korea's globalization as a social factor. The KCC's globalization challenges the conventional stereotype of both the ''Christian West'' and ''Confucian Korea.'' Contemporary Korea is influenced by Christianity, both Protestantism and Catholicism, no less than Confucianism. Moreover, it denotes that Catholicism has not been exhausted by the West, but is being enriched by Korean Catholics.

摘要：

本文研究了韩国天主教会（KCC）的“全球化”。尽管历史悠久，但KCC已从接受传教士和经济支持的教会转变为派遣他们的教会。KCC不仅派出了传教士出国，而且还通过其财政支持和运营国际发展性非政府组织来从事国际发展。本文研究了导致KCC发生这种转变的教会和社会因素，并考虑了其对全球和朝鲜天主教的影响。在教会因素中，它不仅突显了KCC的增长，而且突显了西方传统天主教国家中宗教和神职人员的衰落。它还强调了韩国的全球化是一种社会因素。肯德基' 全球化挑战了“西方基督教”和“儒家韩国”的传统刻板印象。当代韩国受到基督教的影响，包括基督教，新教和天主教。而且，这表明天主教并没有被西方穷尽，而是被朝鲜天主教徒丰富了。