Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Overview -- A Quarter- Millennium of Christianity in Korea -- The Beginnings of Christianity in Korea -- Human Relations as Expressed in Vernacular Catholic Writings of the Late Choso . n Dynasty -- Kollumba Kang Wansuk, an Early Catholic Activist and Martyr -- Chinese Protestant Literature and Early Korean Protestantism -- Christianity, Nationalism, and Japanese Colonialism -- Church and State Relations in the Japanese Colonial Period -- Cradle of the Covenant -- Preaching the Apocalypse in Colonial Korea -- Mothers, Daughters, Biblewomen, and Sisters -- Christianity and the Struggles for Democracy and Reunification -- Carrying the Torch in the Darkest Hours -- Minjung Theology's Biblical Hermeneutics -- Korean Protestants and the Reunification Movement -- The Division and Reunification of a Nation -- Growth and Challenges -- Sibling Rivalry in Twentieth- Century Korea -- Modernization and the Explosive Growth andDecline of Korean Protestant Religiosity -- Beleaguered Success -- In Search of Healing -- The Christian- Buddhist Encounter in Korea -- A Select Bibliography for the Study of Korean Christianity -- Contributors -- Index.