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Intro
Praise for Preaching to Korean Immigrants
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Overview of the Book
1.1 A Psalmic-Theological Homiletic as an Immigrant Preaching Model
1.2 Outline of the Book
References
Chapter 2: First-Generation Korean Immigrants' Existential Status and Korean Immigrant Churches
2.1 A Brief History of Korean Immigration in the United States
2.1.1 The First Period (1903-1950)
2.1.2 The Second Period (1950-1968)
2.1.3 The Third Period (1968-1988/1992)
2.1.4 The Fourth Period (1988/1992 to the Present)
2.2 General Features of First-Generation Korean Immigrants' Lived Experience
2.2.1 The American Dream as a Purpose of Immigration
2.2.2 Formidable Painful Experiences of Transnational Movement
2.2.3 Occupational Frustration: Self-Employment and Underemployment
2.2.4 Racial Discrimination as a Collective Suffering
2.3 Distinctive Functions of Korean Immigrant Churches
2.3.1 Church as a Place for Preservation of Native Culture
2.3.2 Church as a Place for Fellowship and Security
2.3.3 Church as a Place of Religious/Spiritual Function
References
Chapter 3: A More Appropriate Theology for Korean Immigrant Preaching
3.1 Rethinking the Ideology of the American Dream and the Prosperity Gospel
3.1.1 Deconstructing the American Dream
Equal Opportunity Without an Artificial Barrier
The Value of Self-Reliance
The American Dream: An Emphasis on Individualism and Materialism
The American Dream's Exclusiveness
3.1.2 Deconstructing the Prosperity Gospel
Historical Background of the Prosperity Gospel
Characteristics of the Prosperity Gospel
Concerns About the Prosperity Gospel
3.2 Toward a More Appropriate Theology for/in Immigrant Preaching
3.2.1 Beyond Self-Fulfillment: A Self-Emptying Practice of Cruciform Theocentric Faith from the Margins
3.2.2 Meaningful Immigrant Life in Situations of Relative Deprivation
3.2.3 The Biblical Narrative as Primary Resource for Liberation
3.2.4 A Practice of Holy Insecurity
3.2.5 An Eschatological Vision Beyond Individual's Victorious Dream
3.3 Prophetic Ecclesiocentric Preaching
3.3.1 Reinterpretation of Refuge Functions of the Korean Church in Respect to the Prophetic Task
3.3.2 The Prophetic Immigrant Church as Part of an Eschatological Vision
The Korean Immigrant Church's Prophetic Vision and Voice
Countercultural Practice and Participation in God's Future
References
Chapter 4: A Psalmic-Theological Homiletic as a Korean Immigrant Preaching Model
4.1 The Preaching Value of the Psalms
4.1.1 Suppression of Lament for Communal Suffering
4.1.2 The Psalms as Faith-Seeking Rhetoric
4.2 Distinctive Rhetorical Shape of the Psalms
4.2.1 Two Dominant Tonalities as the Dominant Category
4.2.2 Detailed Constituent Parts of the Psalmic Structure
Praise for Preaching to Korean Immigrants
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Overview of the Book
1.1 A Psalmic-Theological Homiletic as an Immigrant Preaching Model
1.2 Outline of the Book
References
Chapter 2: First-Generation Korean Immigrants' Existential Status and Korean Immigrant Churches
2.1 A Brief History of Korean Immigration in the United States
2.1.1 The First Period (1903-1950)
2.1.2 The Second Period (1950-1968)
2.1.3 The Third Period (1968-1988/1992)
2.1.4 The Fourth Period (1988/1992 to the Present)
2.2 General Features of First-Generation Korean Immigrants' Lived Experience
2.2.1 The American Dream as a Purpose of Immigration
2.2.2 Formidable Painful Experiences of Transnational Movement
2.2.3 Occupational Frustration: Self-Employment and Underemployment
2.2.4 Racial Discrimination as a Collective Suffering
2.3 Distinctive Functions of Korean Immigrant Churches
2.3.1 Church as a Place for Preservation of Native Culture
2.3.2 Church as a Place for Fellowship and Security
2.3.3 Church as a Place of Religious/Spiritual Function
References
Chapter 3: A More Appropriate Theology for Korean Immigrant Preaching
3.1 Rethinking the Ideology of the American Dream and the Prosperity Gospel
3.1.1 Deconstructing the American Dream
Equal Opportunity Without an Artificial Barrier
The Value of Self-Reliance
The American Dream: An Emphasis on Individualism and Materialism
The American Dream's Exclusiveness
3.1.2 Deconstructing the Prosperity Gospel
Historical Background of the Prosperity Gospel
Characteristics of the Prosperity Gospel
Concerns About the Prosperity Gospel
3.2 Toward a More Appropriate Theology for/in Immigrant Preaching
3.2.1 Beyond Self-Fulfillment: A Self-Emptying Practice of Cruciform Theocentric Faith from the Margins
3.2.2 Meaningful Immigrant Life in Situations of Relative Deprivation
3.2.3 The Biblical Narrative as Primary Resource for Liberation
3.2.4 A Practice of Holy Insecurity
3.2.5 An Eschatological Vision Beyond Individual's Victorious Dream
3.3 Prophetic Ecclesiocentric Preaching
3.3.1 Reinterpretation of Refuge Functions of the Korean Church in Respect to the Prophetic Task
3.3.2 The Prophetic Immigrant Church as Part of an Eschatological Vision
The Korean Immigrant Church's Prophetic Vision and Voice
Countercultural Practice and Participation in God's Future
References
Chapter 4: A Psalmic-Theological Homiletic as a Korean Immigrant Preaching Model
4.1 The Preaching Value of the Psalms
4.1.1 Suppression of Lament for Communal Suffering
4.1.2 The Psalms as Faith-Seeking Rhetoric
4.2 Distinctive Rhetorical Shape of the Psalms
4.2.1 Two Dominant Tonalities as the Dominant Category
4.2.2 Detailed Constituent Parts of the Psalmic Structure