Kyung Sook Lee

Korean Feminists in Conversation with the Bible, Church and Society Kyung Sook Lee

Marc Notes: Published in cooperation with Ewha Institute for Women's Theological Studies, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.; Bibl. ref. and index. Publisher Marketing: This book offers scholars and students outside Korea some insight into what forms feminist biblical interpretation takes in Korea and what approaches Korean feminists adopt for dealing with the Bible in their writing and their professional lives. The contributors to this book represent a wide spectrum of the Korean feminist Christian movement. They include university and seminary teachers, ministers, and field workers. This book is a product of their numerous meetings and discussions on the practical issues that define contemporary Korean women's lives. In it, the contributors reflect on the diverse situations modern Korean women have faced and continue to struggle with. They view these situations in the light of the lives and experiences of women in the Bible and they look to it for resources for dealing with them. This socially engaged biblical interpretation goes beyond the academic study of the Bible to a wider engagement with the church and with Korean society.