Korean Women Self-Esteem and Practical Theology - Jaeyeon Lucy Chung Gebunden

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 theor y 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.