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Middlesex University Research Repository An open access repository of Middlesex University research http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk Kim, Jun (2021) A historical and theological investigation of the Healing Movement in Korea: with special reference to Ik-du Kim, Seong-bong Lee, and Yong-gi Cho. PhD thesis, Middlesex University / Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. [Thesis] Final accepted version (with author’s formatting) This version is available at: https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/32996/ Copyright: Middlesex University Research Repository makes the University’s research available electronically. Copyright and moral rights to this work are retained by the author and/or other copyright owners unless otherwise stated. The work is supplied on the understanding that any use for commercial gain is strictly forbidden. A copy may be downloaded for personal, non-commercial, research or study without prior permission and without charge. 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See also repository copyright: re-use policy: http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/policies.html#copy ‘A Historical and Theological Investigation of the Healing Movement in Korea: With Special Reference to Ik-du Kim, Seong-bong Lee, and Yong-gi Cho’ Jun Kim OCMS, Ph.D January 2021 ABSTRACT The thesis aims to explore the theological foundation of the healing movement in Korea. For the proposed research, the lives, ministries, and perspectives on healing of Ik-du Kim, Seong-bong Lee, and Yong-gi Cho are discussed in detail with the following goals: 1) to discover healing theologies in the teaching and practice of the three selected healing practitioners; 2) to identify the contextual factors which were influential in the formulation and adoption of the healing theologies; 3) to investigate the theological core of the Korean healing movement formed by the three healing practitioners; 4) to critically evaluate the theology and contributions of the healing movement. For these tasks, I used an interdisciplinary study that utilizes historical and theological approaches. In the course of this study, the healing theologies and the contexts in which their healing theologies were developed are the focus of the research. This helps one to understand to what extent the healing movement in Korea was influenced by internal and external sources and discusses how to conceptualize and justify the theological core of the Korean healing movement. The thesis shows several significant findings regarding the origin of the Korean healing theology formed in its distinctive contexts. Moreover, the theological core of the Korean healing movement was constructed and discussed systematically. The study as an in-depth theological investigation of the Korean healing movement needs to be evaluated in a positive way that aims at constructing and critically analysing the theological data of the Korean healing movement, because recent research on the healing movement in Korea has been mostly historical in nature. As my research provides an in-depth understanding of the formation of the Korean healing theology and the theological backbone of the Korean healing movement, it contributes to the development of local theology to help Korean Christians discover their theological identity. This theological contribution can also lead to expanding the global theology of divine healing through the spectrum of Asian (Korean) Pentecostal/Charismatic beliefs ii ‘A Historical and Theological Investigation of the Healing Movement in Korea: With special reference to Ik-du Kim, Seong-bong Lee, and Yong-gi Cho’ By Jun Kim B.A. (Hansei University) M.A. (Asia Pacific Theological Seminary) M.Div. (Asia Pacific Theological Seminary) Development Studies Main Supervisor: Dr. Allan H. Anderson, Second Supervisor: Dr. Myeong-su Park A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Middlesex University January 2021 Oxford Centre for Mission Studies DECLARATIONS [In absentia, sign, date, scan (preferably into .pdf), and e-mail; or post or fax] This work has not previously been accepted in substance for any degree and is not being concurrently submitted in candidature for any degree. Signed (Candidate) Date 30 January 2021 STATEMENT 1 This thesis is the result of my own investigations, except where otherwise stated. Where correction services have been used, the extent and nature of the correction is clearly marked in a footnote. Other sources are acknowledged by midnotes or footnotes giving explicit references. A bibliography is appended. Signed (Candidate) Date 30 January 2021 STATEMENT 2 I hereby give consent for my thesis, if approved, to be available for photocopying by the British Library and for Inter-Library Loan, for open access to the Electronic Theses Online Service (EthoS) linked to the British Library, and for the title and summary to be made available to outside organizations. Signed (Candidate) Date 30 January 2021 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Firstly, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisors, Prof. Allan H. Anderson and Prof. Myeong-su Park, for the continuous support of my Ph.D. study. A special appreciation is also to be given to Prof. Keith Warrington under whom I started my doctoral studies. What I have learned from them is not only academic but also pastoral. Their guidance, love, and care for me is an essential foundation for my educational journey to impact future global church leaders. I would like to thank all the leaders and colleagues of my school, Asia Pacific Theological Seminary. Their continuous support for my study for the last ten years has been a great encouragement to finish strong. My sincere thanks also go to my beloved friends, Rev. Woo Jin and Brother Geun-cheol Lee. Their prayers and supports for my missionary works in the Philippines for the last senventeen years made this research possible. I cannot say “thank you” enough to my family: my parents, who have shown me how to follow God as His servants in Korea and Mongolia, my wonderful wife Jane, and our four lovely daughters who always trusted me. Last but not the least, God deserves all the glory, honour, and praise because everything was possible only through Him. i 1.1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................... i 1.1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................ ii 1.2 TABLES...................................................................................................... v Introduction........................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background of Research ............................................................................. 1 1.2 Methodology ............................................................................................... 6 1.2.1 Field of Research .............................................................................. 6 1.2.2 Sources............................................................................................ 10 1.2.3 Justification of the Selection of the Three Healing Practitioners ... 14 1.2.4 Limitations of the Research ............................................................ 17 1.2.5 A Review of the Secondary Literature ........................................... 19 1.2.6 Progression of Thesis...................................................................... 27 Ik-du Kim ......................................................................................... 29 2.1 Life and Ministry ...................................................................................... 29 2.1.1 Before the Conversion .................................................................... 29 2.1.2 Conversion ...................................................................................... 30 2.1.3 Ministry .......................................................................................... 32 2.2 The Formation of the Healing Theology ................................................... 35 2.2.1 Socio-Politico-Economic Contexts................................................. 35 2.2.2 Cultural-Religious Contexts ........................................................... 37 2.2.3 Christian Context ............................................................................ 41 2.2.4 Personal Context ............................................................................. 44 2.3 Healing Theology ...................................................................................... 45 2.3.1 Healing and Suffering ....................................................................