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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Dear List, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Georgia> Thanks
for Dr. Driscoll's comment. I received a similar note from another
scholar. Terms do always bother us, don't they? Some of you remember that
one of my interests is "the term question" in Korea. Actually the
sourcebook has some documents related to the Catholic, Anglican, or Russian
Orthodox Church. Yet I bet that most are of Protestantism. I was well aware
of this problem, so I used "Protestant Christianity" in the first
sentence of the Preface: </FONT><FONT face=Georgia><FONT
color=#0000ff>"</FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Batang Old Hangul Jamo'; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
color=#0000ff>Since the first introduction of the Korean Scriptures from
Manchuria into <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region> in 1882 and the arrival of the first
American missionaries in 1884 and 1885, the progress of Protestant Christianity
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region> was phenomenal and properly
praised as 'the miracle of modern missions.'”</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Batang Old Hangul Jamo'; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
Here is another paragraph: <FONT color=#0000ff>"</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 货官帕"><FONT
color=#0000ff>The history of Korean Christianity can be roughly divided into two
periods: the Roman Catholic century (1874-1883) and the Protestant century
(1884-1983). Its third century will have a better name in the reunified Korean
society. This book has only a few Roman Catholic materials, including some
Anglican and Russian Orthodox materials. This volume covers only the first half
of the Protestant century, namely from 1884 to 1945. We hope that the second
volume, which covers the period from 1945 to 1983, will be published as a better
form and a result of the co-work of many scholars." </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 货官帕"><FONT
color=#000000> I know the above paragraph has
some controversial issues and bias that may be more "offensive" to some. I
must have used the "Catholic century" instead the "Roman Catholic
century." But I have no intention to offend Catholic Christians.
Believe me. In fact, in the Postscript </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 货官帕"><FONT color=#000000>I
expressed my wish that the revised edition will have more Catholic
materials. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 货官帕">However, I know that
some of you are not satisfied with this excuse. Then, forgive the
prematurity of the book and my schoarship.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 货官帕"><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Sincerely,</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 货官帕"><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Sung-Deuk
Oak</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 货官帕"><FONT size=2><SPAN
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