This book offers a critical-constructive study of Korean women's self-esteem from a feminist
practical theological perspective. Jaeyeon Lucy Chung recognizes two different and yet related
problems: the absence of scholarly work on women's self-esteem from non-white non-Western
groups in the field of practical theology and the lack of attention to the low self-esteem
prevalent in Korean women's sociocultural and religious context. Chung employs in-depth
interview studies while drawing on theoretical resources of psychology theology and cultural
studies to develop a relational-communal theory of self-esteem and a systematic communal
understanding of pastoral care practice. The project offers insights into the life experience
of Korean women especially self-esteem and it reveals some of the ways self-esteem can be
fostered.
