Being Othered, Embracing Others

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" Being Othered, Embracing Others "
Hanna Kang

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069011
Doc. No	:	LA112640
Call No	:	‭10.1163/25424246-04010007‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Hanna Kang
Title & Author	:	Being Othered, Embracing Others [Article]\ Hanna Kang
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Asian Christianity
Date	:	2021
Volume/ Issue Number	:	4/1
Page No	:	116–143
Abstract	:	This essay spotlights the experiences of otherness and marginalization of ethnic roots migrants in today’s South Korean society. It argues that their sense of liminality and rejection by both societies (diasporic and ethnic home), when examined through the concept of mestizaje, reflects their unique capacity to be bridge builders between the dominant majority and the excluded minority, including themselves. Also, using intercultural theology as a frame of theological reference to interpret the presence of roots migrants as both insiders and outsiders, the essay unmasks the overall fear of otherness and pride in homogeneity in Korean society that seldom problematizes the alienation of those labelled as the “others.” Finally, it discusses the importance of a genuine theological interpretation concerning the issue, so that it can construct spaces for an alternative understanding of identity and otherness that does not lead to exclusion but to embrace.
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	intercultural theology
Descriptor	:	mestizaje
Descriptor	:	otherness
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	roots migration
Descriptor	:	South Korea
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/25424246-04010007‬