Yura Park

Personal Information:

Yura Park

Telephon: +49 1786990059

Email: yura.park@uni-jena.de

Provisional working title of the doctoral project: The Concept of Cultural-Religious Sensitivity Education for Denominational Religious Education as a Response to a Multicultural and Secularized Society – A Study on the Educational Understanding of Protestant Schools in South Korea

Abstract:
This study explores the challenges of religious education in Protestant Christian schools within a multicultural and secular society, focusing on how teachers perceive their educational reality. In-depth interviews were conducted with religious education teachers in Korean Christian schools, and the data were analyzed using grounded theory. The results show two main challenges: the tension between maintaining the identity of religious education and meeting the demand for neutrality in public education, and the difficulty teachers face in finding a clear educational direction within this tension. Based on these insights, the study suggests that teachers’ perspectives can provide a foundation for new approaches that respect cultural and religious diversity while preserving the identity of Christian education.

Keywords:

Religious education, Christian schools, teachers’ perspectives, secularization, multiculturalism, grounded theory.

Project period:

10/2023-09/2026

Funding:

State Graduate Scholarship

Publications:

• Won, Jieun / Park, Yura: 공존과 소통을 위한 기독교교육의 역할과 과제 탐색: 독일 작센 종교교육의 사례를 중심으로 (Exploring the Role and Challenges of Christian Education for Coexistence and Communication: A Case Study of Religious Education in Saxony, German), in: Journal of Christian Education & Information Technology 84 (2025), 1-42.