본 연구는 1939년 암스테르담에서 개최된 제1차 세계기독청년컨 퍼런스(World Conference of Christian Youth)와 수잔 드 디트리히 (Suzanne de Dietrich)의 공헌을 역사적으로 고찰하고, 현대 한국교 회에 주는 실천신학적 함의를 분석한다. 연구방법으로는 역사적 문헌분 석을 채택하여 WCC 아카이브의 1차 사료들을 체계적으로 분석했다. 연구 결과, 이 컨퍼런스는 다음과 같은 세 가지 중요한 의의를 지닌다. 첫째, 수잔의 성서 연구 방법론은 모든 참여자의 목소리를 존중하는 대화식 접근을 통해 성경해석학의 새로운 지평을 열었다. 둘째, 참가 청년들은 수잔이 창설한 CIMADE(Comité Inter-Mouvements Auprès Des Évacués, CIMADE)를 통해 나치의 박해를 피해 도망치 는 유대인들을 보호하는 등 구체적 실천으로 나아갔다. 셋째, 컨퍼런스 에 참여했던 열정적인 청년들은 후일 각국 교회와 국제 에큐메니칼 운동의 핵심 지도자로 성장하며, 교회일치운동의 새로운 지평을 열었다. 이러한 역사적 경험은 오늘날 한국교회가 추구해야 할 에큐메니칼 운동의 새로운 방향성을 제시하며, 교회 일치와 사회 변혁을 위한 청년들의 우정과 동행이 여전히 중요한 동력임을 보여준다.

본 논문은 멘델바움의 생애사 분석방법을 통한 장마당 세대인 기독 탈북청년의 독일정착을 분석함으로써 이주 동기와 적응 과정과 신앙여정을 전반적으로 살펴보는 데 의의가 있다. 이러한 연구목적을 달성하기 위해서 첫째, “기독 탈북청년의 삶의 영역은 어떠한가?” 둘째, “기독 탈북청년의 삶의 전환점은 무엇이며 이를 가능하게 한 개인적·사 회적·국가적 조건들은 무엇인가?” 셋째, “기독 탈북청년의 독특한 적응 방법은 무엇인가?”라는 연구문제를 설정하였다. 연구참여자 A의 삶의 영역은 「북한에서의 행복한 삶」, 「이방인의 마음을 경험한 한국」, 「유학과정에서 다시 만난 하나님」, 「독일정착을 위한 노력」, 「결혼을 통한 새로운 시작」으로 나눌 수 있다. 삶의 전환점은 「가족과 함께한 탈북」, 「외국인 교환학생들과의 만남」, 「크리스천들의 도움」, 「뜻밖의 결혼」으로 나타났다. 삶의 적응은 「모든 상황을 긍정적으로 생각하기」, 「노력하면 꿈을 이룰 수 있다는 믿음」, 「관계를 중시하는 삶」, 「다문화 사회에 대한 열정적인 호기심」으로 분류되었다. 참여자 A의 신앙여정은 롤러코스터와 같았지만 결국은 믿음을 회복하고 독일에서 신실한 교인 으로 살아가고 있다. 끝으로 위의 연구결과들을 바탕으로 탈북청년들의 해외 이주 및 적응과 신앙여정에 관하여 제언하였다.

The present study is an investigation of young Korean Protestants’ views of other faiths and how they understand mission and evangelism based on those views. The empirical research shows that a considerable number of young Korean Christians have now embraced pluralistic viewpoint concerning other religions, along with the postmodern relativistic perspective about truth claims. This research concludes that both perspectives weaken the motive of traditional Christian evangelism and mission toward people of other faiths. The empirical research also indicates the urgency to recognize pluralistic and relativistic tendencies among young Korean Protestants in the history of the Korean Protestant Church. In other words, the emerging pluralistic and postmodern viewpoint, which is gaining popularity among young Koreans, is beginning to compete with the dominant traditional Korean Protestant exclusivistic theology of religions. Thus, we are beginning to see the competition between exclusivism and pluralism or relativism (religious and postmodern). An important missional issue regarding exclusivism and pluralism is that both can easily fail to engage people of other faiths. While the exclusivists close their mind and try not to listen to people of other faiths, the pluralists think it unnecessary to share the Christian faith. As a result they both have that the tendency to avoid engaging with the ‘other,’ that is, people of other faiths. In response, the researcher suggests “dialogical evangelism,” with the intention to escape the missional dangers post by both exclusivism and pluralism, and to encourage Christians to engage the ‘others’ in dialogue and love for evangelism. Having taken other faiths into consideration since the 1910 Edinburgh Conference of the World Missionary Conference, many mission thinkers have become involved in how to do missions toward people of other faiths. The dialogical approach to people of other faiths has proved to be a desirable way of doing missions. On the other hand, evangelicals have argued that its ultimate goal should be evangelism. Therefore, integrating the strengths of these two approaches, for the Korean Protestant Church and the new generation of Christians, the researcher suggests dialogical evangelism as the most viable approach to people of other faiths.

Today, the world is marked by confusion and conflicts caused by a lack of leadership. The advance in science and civilization did not bring about a united and harmonious community. Rather, it the opposite phenomena is on the in crease . ln short, excessive materi ali stic affluence has made the soul of mankind desolate. Furthermore, many more people suffer from poverty and the feeling of alienation. The resulting sense of mutual distrust, accentuated by the feeling of comparative deprivation, and the generation gap has led to a state of conflict and confrontation. Thjs state is marked by a tendency towards globalization which is ruled by the logic of power and economics. This in tum has brought about the opposing trend towards regional bloc based on cultural homogeneity. The current general state of affairs calls for a leader capable of providing the necessary leadership to solve the global crisis and confusion and mediate conflicts and reestablish order The current world leadership is lacking in piety and moderation which led them to fa Jl as slaves towards power and materialism. They display clear signs of moral f1aws as they foster distrust among the people, making them move about in confusion amidst the insecure and uneasy world. The res ult of this is a strong distrust towards the current leadership. Thus, the leadership capable of solving these problems must not only be able to realize harmony and unity but must be based on the fundamentally alσuistic， cornmunal and ever-σustful faith of Christian spiri t. The answer, then , lies in the scriptural leadership based on Christian faith. The Scripture teaches us the meaning of true leadership through the image of self-sacrifice. What enables the leader to overcome self-love and see things in an objective way, gives him the ability to control himself, work for the kingdom of God, seek after the spirit of love and unity and overcome all obstacles is the leadership deriving from mission spirit. Historically, young Christians have taken a leading role in this matter. In particular, during the eighteenth century which is marked by confusion, fear and conflicts, young Christians such as Wesley and Whitfield had attempted to solve the many social, political, and economical problems through the practice of spiritual and religious movements such as spiritual revival movements and student mission movements. The reason they were successful was because the young Christians were visionaries armed with open-mindedness and adaptability. The young Christian mission leadership burns with a sense of altruistic purpose and they are filled with a vision, constantly examines themselves and praying for guidance in order to stay true to God’s purpose. As long as they accentuate the vision received from God, grow into leaders deserving of trust and responsibility, maintain the healthY and balanced development of body and spirit, train in the di scipleship, and add hurnility to these, then, they can acquire σue leadership qualities as light and salt to the world. The leadership crisis of the world can be overcome by young Christian mission leadership characterized by its oneness, unity and harrnony, mutual love, efforts to reduce division and conflict, trust and responsibility. The cause of leadership void in the wor1d is selfcenteredness that inhibits efforts to overcome oneself. There can be no alternative world leadership save by following the teachings of Jesus who died for others and taught others to do likewise. Through such leadership, we can overcome unreasonable and conflicting state of affairs and work towards changing the world ruled not by the will of people but where God’s righteousness flows like a river.