Kim Byung-kyun: Dialogue between Minjung Theology, Marxism, and Juche Ideology

Marx declared: “Religion is opium.". Church leaders, both at the time and now, have taught the people that “in this world, there is suffering, but in the afterlife, eternal life and bliss.”. Marx was not a problem with atheism but rather he was debunking the way the church stood on the side of the powerful and the possessing, abandoning the miserable lives of the real people. On the wall of the main hall at Homevolt, Germany, is Marx's statement: “The philosophy of the past interpreted the world, but the philosophy of tomorrow changes the world.". In Jesus' day, the Jewish leaders used all kinds of false rites to deceive the people and exploit their wealth in the name of religious tax. Jesus of Nazareth, a carpenter in the land of Israel, who was a colony on the frontiers of the Roman Empire, has taught equality, and actually lived in his own body, to say, "Let God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven.". On November 13, 1970, the New Year's Eve was ignored by Park Jong-hee after demanding "the working-based law" against the harsh labor conditions. He accused the worker of his wretched position by burning himself in Chenggye Square and demanded to be treated for better. The “sunselvest of the sun” were historic“cross cases.”. So public theologians, including the choreographer, viewed this as a new salvation event. The idea of self is a philosophy of the mind. The idea of self is based on the philosophical principle that “man is master of everything and determines everything.”. In this North Korean society, the idea of self is already religious. This North Korean society, despite the oppression of its own great powers, has this ideological spurt been "philosophy"?

Korean title: 민중신학.마르크시즘.주체사상간의 대화

Korean author: 김병균

Korean publisher: 전남대학교출판문화원

ISBN-13: 9788968496493