Fear of God as an event

Published in Stuttgarter Zeitung, 24.12.2018

The suffering of Jesus is one of the most popular narratives of South Korean culture. Some decades ago, hardly anyone believed in it, but today Christianity is more popular than Buddhism or Confucianism. Some of the world’s largest churches are located in South Korea. They are run like businesses and preach not just Jesus but use this belief to attack the social welfare state. With their attractive social services exclusive to donating members, they are also weakening smaller churches that try to defend public welfare. For this story about religion, politics and business, I visited churches and priests of South Korea’s capital Seoul.

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The suffering of Jesus is one of the most popular narratives of South Korean culture. Some decades ago, hardly anyone believed in it, but today Christianity is more popular than Buddhism or Confucianism. Some of the world’s largest churches are located in South Korea. They are run like businesses and preach not just Jesus but use this belief to attack the social welfare state. With their attractive social services exclusive to donating members, they are also weakening smaller churches that try to defend public welfare. For this story about religion, politics and business, I visited churches and priests of South Korea’s capital Seoul.

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