Theological Analysis of Hoju-Je Essay - 4239 Words

Theological Analysis of Hoju-Je Introduction About which country are the following explanations? The country that hosted Olympic Games in 1988 and the FIFA World Cup Game in 2002, that has the best know-how in manufacturing cellular phones, that has the second-to-none ship-making company, that is the top in distributed rate of superspeed internet, but that was ranked 63rd among 70 countries according to GEM (Gender Empowerment Measure), in the report issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) last year. This country is Korea. She grew considerably over the last couple of decades in economic terms, but not as much in social and political aspects. Women in Korea are still under the struggle against the inequality that†¦show more content†¦Therefore, this report means that the stress of the male has increased and he who must deal with great social obligations in Korea faces as much stress as women who have had to endure social inequality. By using the approaches of tradition, biology, and socio-biology, the groundlessness of Hoju-Je, which was formed through the period of Japanese colonization, Confucianism, and Sung-Confucianism, will be demonstrated. Hoju-Je can be justified neither through these perspectives nor from a theological interpretation, which designates Hoju-Je as the destruction of original created order and a barrier to the harmony and independent role of family members. Description Definition of terms Hoju-Je is a legal family registration system that exists only in Korea. A Hoju is the individual who is the legal representative of a family in civil law. The position of Hoju can be held by only one person and carries with it a life-long term. Each Korean family has documentation maintained by the government. This documentation paper is called a Hojeok. In the Hojeok, there is a description of each family member’s relationship to a Hoju. For example, in a family consisting of a father, mother, daughter, and son, the father is a Hoju. The mother would be described as the wife of Hoju, the daughter as the daughter of Hoju, and so on. Since the position of a Hoju is life-long, the order of succession of Hoju is: father, son, unmarried daughter, wife, father’s