동아시아는 국제사회에서 경제, 군사, 정치, 사회 등 다 영역에서 큰 영향을 미치고 있지만, 동아시아 기독교 신학은 21세기에도 서구 신학의 틀을 벗어나지 못하고 있다. 연구자는 동아시아 기독교 신학이 글로벌 신학으로써 21세기 기독교 신학과 신앙의 발전에 기여할 수 있는 방안을 모색하기 위하여 고민하였고, 아모스 용의 성령신학에서 대안을 찾아보았다. 기독교윤리 중심으로 발전한 신학은 신자의 삶을 변화시키는데 부정적 평가를 받기 때문에, 기독교 신학의 실천성은 21세기 선교신학의 가장 큰 과제로 인식되고 있다. 특히 용은 오순절 관점에서 기독교 신학을 발전시킬 것을 강조하고 있으며, 삶의 모든 영역과 요소에서 하나님의 존재를 발견하고자 노력하였다. 그가 제시한 성령신학은 영이신 하나님의 삼위일체론으로부터 보편적 포용주의를 극복하려는 시도이며, 비 서구의 문화와 언어 그리고 종교를 포용한다. 성령신학은 토착문화에서도 기독교 신학을 건설하고 발전할 수 있다는 것을 확인하려 한다.

This thesis is review on a study for the relation Gospel and local culture in Korea. There were theological efforts to searching for the relation between Gospel and traditional culture since transmitting christianity to Korea. I call the discussion of the relation between Gospel and traditional culture theology of inculturation. The notion of inculturation is a term that is mainly discussed in the context of encounter between the Christian Gospel and the local culture. Inculturation also means that Christianity takes root within a particular culture, bears fruit and continues to thrive. It is to be lived and evangelized in the life of korean people. Thus when the local culture of Korea have received the evangelical values of Christianity, it had undergone the process of being renewed and perfected. The inculturation of Christianity brings about mutual progress and renewal. When the Gospel meets the culture of Korea, it renews and perfects local culture. In turn, the Gospel gains the richness of the proper value of the local culture. The objective of inculturation is to embody the spirit of Gospel in hope that its Christian message permeate the lives of the people. IncuIturation needs to undergo the process of local and historical adaptation. This presentation will examine the literature on inculturation and focus on the reality of inculturation, what contemporary Koreans desire concerning the inculturation of the Christianity, and the direction that Inculturation needs to take at this time in history. Inculturational theology in Korea is a result of searching for the relation between Gospel and korean traditional culture. In this Thesis I also share putting the question of inculturational theology in Korea. At first I will review the styles of inculturational theologies by korean theologians. An next I will also look upon theological duties which we should have take. There are much studies on the progress of inculturation in Korea. I am proud of that. In conclusion, I will propose some tasks for the theology of inculturation in korean Christianity. At first, there must be relevance of context in the inculturation. And We must study christian culture which has been inculturated since the first age of mission to Korea. I think that the Korean Church is expected to take root in Korean society as Korean Christianity is always being inculturated according to time and place.