Korean Women, Self-Esteem, and Practical Theology

Transformative Care

Jaeyeon Lucy Chung

• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9783319695082
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

This book offers a critical-constructive study of Korean women's self-esteem from a feminist practical theological perspective. Jaeyeon Lucy Chung recognizes two different and yet related problems: the absence of scholarly work on women's self-esteem from non-white, non-Western groups in the field of practical theology, and the lack of attention to the low self-esteem prevalent in Korean women's sociocultural and religious context. Chung employs in-depth interview studies while drawing on theoretical resources of psychology, theology, and cultural studies to develop a relational-communal theory of self-esteem, and a systematic, communal understanding of pastoral care practice. The project offers insights into the life experience of Korean women, especially self-esteem, and it reveals some of the ways self-esteem can be fostered.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Korean Women’s Personal Narratives
• Chapter 3: Rhetoric of Obedience and Self-Sacrifice in Confucianism and Christianity
• Chapter 4: Self-Esteem as a Relational Psychological Construct
• Chapter 5: Imago Dei, Friendship, and the Theology of Self-Esteem
• Chapter 6: Relational-Transformative Pastoral Care for Korean Women
• Index