Korean Preaching, Han, and Narrative american university studies Series VII Theology and Religion Vol. 282 PETER LANG New York (cid:121) Washington, D.C./Baltimore (cid:121) Bern Frankfurt am Main (cid:121) Berlin (cid:121) Brussels (cid:121) Vienna (cid:121) Oxford Sangyil Park Korean Preaching, Han, and Narrative PETER LANG New York (cid:121) Washington, D.C./Baltimore (cid:121) Bern Frankfurt am Main (cid:121) Berlin (cid:121) Brussels (cid:121) Vienna (cid:121) Oxford Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Park, Sangyil. Korean preaching, Han, and narrative / Sangyil Park. p. cm. — (American University studies. VII, Theology and religion; v. 282) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Preaching—Korea. 2. Narrative preaching. I. Title. BV4208.K6P37 251.0089’957—dc22 2008037199 ISBN 978-1-4331-0449-7 ISSN 0740-0446 Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Bibliothek. 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Printed in the United States of America To My Mother Table of Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................... xi Chapter One: Introduction: Scope, Nature, and Methodologies .................................................................................... 1 Notes ........................................................................................... 10 Chapter Two: Narrative, Minjung Theology, and Preaching .......................................................................................... 14 Minjung and Han: Terminologies and Context ......................... 14 Narrative, Minjung Theology, and Preaching ........................... 19 Conclusion ................................................................................... 26 Notes ........................................................................................... 28 Chapter Three: Chunhyangjun and Korean Preaching ................. 32 Nature and Development of Chunhyangjun .............................. 32 The Nature of Chunhyangjun ................................................. 33 Origin and Sources .................................................................. 34 Debates on Orality and Literacy ............................................ 41 Implication for Korean Preaching .......................................... 44 Aristotelian Understanding of the Plot ...................................... 46 Plot in Chunhyangjun ................................................................ 48 Love and Marriage .................................................................. 49 Separation ............................................................................... 51 Imprisonment and Higher Conflict ........................................ 53 viii Korean Preaching, Han, and Narrative Denouement: Reunion and Resolution ................................... 55 Han and Catharsis in Chunhyangjun ........................................ 57 Other Devices of Narrative ......................................................... 65 Chunhyangjun and Christian Preaching ................................... 69 Conclusion ................................................................................... 75 Notes ........................................................................................... 76 Chapter Four: Theories of Narrative Preaching ............................. 86 Fred Craddock: Inductive Preaching.......................................... 87 Charles Rice: Preaching as Storytelling ..................................... 92 Eugene Lowry: Preaching as Narrative Plot ............................. 97 Upsetting the Equilibrium ...................................................... 98 Analyzing the Discrepancy ..................................................... 99 Disclosing the Clue to Resolution ......................................... 100 Experiencing the Gospel ....................................................... 101 Anticipating the Consequences............................................. 102 Henry Mitchell: Preaching as Celebration ............................... 106 Challenges and Relevance for Korean Preaching .................... 117 Experience versus the Gospel ............................................... 117 Narrative versus Non-Narrative .......................................... 119 Open-Ended Sermon and Other Cultures ............................ 119 Authority and Other Cultures .............................................. 120 Conclusion ................................................................................. 122 Notes ......................................................................................... 124 Chapter Five: Toward A Korean Narrative Preaching Theory .............................................................................................. 132 A Proposal for Korean Narrative Preaching ............................ 132 Table of Contents ix Suggestion for Further Studies ................................................ 146 Notes ......................................................................................... 148 Chapter Six: Conclusion ................................................................... 150 Sample Sermons ................................................................................ 152 Glossary ............................................................................................... 159 Bibliography ....................................................................................... 163 Index .................................................................................................... 175 Acknowledgements _____________________________________ Many people are owed my gratitude for this work which was my doctoral dissertation at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA: first of all, I want to thank Jana Childers, my teacher for a decade, of San Francisco Theological Seminary. Without her thoughtful support and encouragement throughout the years I could not have finished this work. I also thank many other teach- ers throughout the consortium schools at the GTU: Mary Donovan Turner, Linda Clader, Tom Rogers, and the late Doug Adams who guided me through my academic discipline. Also, I appreciate Dr. Young-Chan Ro, of George Mason University, for his important in- put and suggestions to the project and very grateful to Charles Rice whose words of generous commendation let me into my grad- uate studies in homiletics while I was in his seminary classes at Drew University, NJ. Secondly, I want to thank the members of the congregations where I have served as pastor. Both Concord Korean United Me- thodist Church, Concord, CA and Marysville Korean United Me- thodist Church, Yuba City, CA gave me practical insight for this work. The Methodist parish of Port Carbon and New Philadelphia, PA and Meridian United Methodist Church, Meridian, CA also provided me with different experiences in ministries of American culture, which was of great help in this study. I also thank the friendly members of Albany United Methodist Church, Albany, CA for their support for my humble preaching ministry. Thirdly, I want to say many thanks to Keith Russell and J. Alfred Smith Sr., two great preachers and teachers in preaching, and other faculty colleagues at American Baptist Seminary of the West, Berkeley, CA for their friendship and support. . Lastly, I want to thank my family—my wife, Sungsook, and my two children, Grace and Samuel-- for their love and understanding. More importantly, I give my special thanks and honor to my moth- er in Korea, who is recovering from a stroke, and I dedicate this book to her.