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The Gendered Politics of the Korean Protestant Right

Hegemonic Masculinity

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Authors:
  1. Nami Kim

    1. Spelman College, Atlanta, USA

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  • Presents a timely and important feminist analysis of the Korean Protestant Right
  • Brings a transnational perspective to a theo-politically conservative movement
  • First scholarly work to uncover and discuss the politics of the Father School, the anti-LGBT movement, and Islamophobia as they relate to the Korean Protestant Right

Part of the book series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora (ACID)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Resurgence of the Protestant Right in the Post-Hypermasculine Developmentalism Era

    • Nami Kim
    Pages 1-39

  3. “When Father Is Restored, Family Can Be Reestablished”: Father School

    • Nami Kim
    Pages 41-80

  4. “Homosexuality Is a Threat to Our Family and the Nation”: Anti-LGBT Movement

    • Nami Kim
    Pages 81-114

  5. “Saving Korean Women from (Im)migrant Muslim Men”: Islamophobia

    • Nami Kim
    Pages 115-149

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 151-184
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About this book

This book provides a critical feminist analysis of the Korean Protestant Right’s gendered politics. Specifically, the volume explores the Protestant Right’s responses and reactions to the presumed weakening of hegemonic masculinity in Korea’s post-hypermasculine developmentalism context. Nami Kim examines three phenomena: Father School (an evangelical men’s manhood and fatherhood restoration movement), the anti-LGBT movement, and Islamophobia/anti-Muslim racism. Although these three phenomena may look unrelated, Kim asserts that they represent the Protestant Right’s distinct yet interrelated ways of engaging the contested hegemonic masculinity in Korean society. The contestation over hegemonic masculinity is a common thread that runs through and connects these three phenomena. The ways in which the Protestant Right has engaged the contested hegemonic masculinity have been in relation to “others,” such as women, sexual minorities, gender nonconforming people, and racial, ethnic, and religious minorities. 
 

Reviews

“I am delighted to recommend Nami Kim’s well-argued new book. The book’s focus on Korea does not limit its importance, but invites readers to examine the arguments and influence of the Christian Right around the globe. This is a must read in the context of the US presidential election. The book deserves the attention of not only scholars in religion but also of feminists, politicians, and anyone interested in the question of religion in the public sphere.” (Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Krister Stendahl Professor, the Divinity School, Harvard University, USA)

“This pioneering book uses the critical lenses of gender, sexuality, transnationalism, and Islamophobia to examine the formation of hegemonic masculinity of the Protestant Right in South Korea. It offers a fresh angle to look at the impact of Protestant Christianity in South Korean society. I highly recommend it to readers interestedin gender studies, transnational studies, and world Christianity.” (Kwok Pui Lan, author of Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology)

“This is the first book-length critique of Korean Evangelicalism—or the Protestant Right, as Nami Kim calls it—from a feminist perspective. It is well researched and clearly presented, showing Kim’s deep knowledge of gender theories and cultural and religious developments in modern Korea. Her thesis rings true.” (Timothy S. Lee, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, USA)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Spelman College, Atlanta, USA

    Nami Kim

About the author

Nami Kim is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Spelman College, USA. Her co-edited volume (with Wonhee Anne Joh), Critical Theology against U.S. Militarism in Asia, is forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan. Kim serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion and the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Gendered Politics of the Korean Protestant Right

  • Book Subtitle: Hegemonic Masculinity

  • Authors: Nami Kim

  • Series Title: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39978-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39977-5Published: 14 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82007-1Published: 23 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39978-2Published: 01 November 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2945-6932

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-6940

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 184

  • Topics: Religion and Gender, Asian Culture, History of Korea

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