Korean Women, Self-Esteem, and Practical Theology

Jaeyeon Lucy Chung is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Director of the Styberg Library at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Korean Women’s Personal Narratives.- 3. Rhetoric of Obedience and Self-Sacrifice in Confucianism and Christianity.- 4. Self-Esteem as a Relational Psychological Construct.- 5. Imago Dei, Friendship, and the Theology of Self-esteem.- 6. Relational-Transformative Pastoral Care for Korean Women.