Animism was prevalent among people when Protestant missionaries first came to Korea. Since then, Protestant mission brought in great results among Koreans characterized by worshipping spiritual beings. Therefore, by examining the conversion pattern carefully in the materials written by missionaries as well as Korean Christians, one can easily find the significance of “power encounter”. Korean animists are very conscious of “power,” which is believed to be located in the spiritual beings, i.e. gods, ancestors and ghosts. Korean animists believe that the world is populated with lots of spiritual beings surrounding their environment. They not only have lots of traditions related to spiritual beings, but also serve many spirits in homes as well as in their villages. They are afraid of the spiritual beings and try to have good relationships with them. They also believe that anger or jealousy from the spiritual beings cause their everyday calamities. To overcome the problems, they either have to propitiate the spiritual beings with food or materials or coerce them through more powerful spiritual beings. In this context of spirit worship, the Gospel was very difficult to be accepted wholeheartedly by Korean animists. When they thought about accepting the Gospel, they had to deal with the retaliation from the spiritual beings they had formerly served. To accept Christ, they had to confront those spiritual beings. As soon as they accepted the Gospel, the title of the spiritual beings became negative such as “Satan” or “devil”. So they burnt fetishes like clothes, potteries, papers which were considered as the locations where the spiritual beings reside. Burning those fetishes terrorized lots of people who gathered around. Those who accepted the Gospel through such confrontation initially met persecutions from their family as well as their neighbors. But the early Korean Christians had persevered and ultimately overcame persecutions. Only when the family which had burnt those fetishes survived and ever thrived through the processes did family members confirm that God is more powerful than the spiritual beings. The story of the “power encounter” ran rapidly through relatives and neighbors. These kinds of illustrations of “power encounter” resulted in a paradigm shift among the people. They decided to accept the Gospel and became Christians. In short, “power encounter” engendered “people movement” toward Christ. Missiologist Alan R. Tippett’s thesis, the conversion of the animists are through the power encounter types of evangelism, is firmly proved by examining the Korean animists. As Tippett mentioned through his research among Melanesians and Polynesians that “power encounter” brought about “people movement” toward Christ, so did “power encounter” among Korean animists also result in “people movement” toward Christ. Although the animistic beliefs among Koreans nowadays are reduced in comparison to the period of first Protestant missions, many Koreans still resort to divinations and shamanistic rituals. Even many Buddhists seem to have animistic belief rather than the pure Buddhistic concept or perspective. So to approach the Buddhistic people with the Gospel, one has to be prepared with God’s power rather than with one’s knowledge about Buddhistic philosophy. Lessons we received from the Korean animists’ conversion experiences could be wisely applied when we evangelize the Buddhistic people. However, many cases of syncretism and backsliding to heretical movements are also found in Korean church history. When the process of “power encounter” is neglected or by-passed, chances of falling into such pitfalls are high. Without vivid confrontation with the deities which were served before, they cannot commit wholeheartedly to Christ. They can easily slide back to their traditional beliefs and become victims to heretical movements. To escape such negative influence from traditional belief systems, God’s servants working among animists have to examine carefully not to miss nor by-pass the process of “power encounter”. Also they have to consider carefully how to nurture believers with animistic backgrounds. Without appropriate nurturing, new believers with animistic backgrounds can easily backslide to their traditional beliefs. Upon the Word of God, their animistic perspectives and value systems have to be transformed to fit into the Biblical ones. Korean people were blessed when they accepted the Gospel and became God's people. They realized their mission sincerely and have tried to fulfill the great commission. They tried to be used by God especially for the worldwide evangelization. Even today there are many animists all over the world. For them, Koreans' experiences of turning from animists to God's people, can be utilized strategically. One who is thinking about evangelizing the animists over the world can use the “power encounter“ tactics and become a faithful servant of God. The conversion patterns of the Korean Christians can be used effectively in evangelizing the animists of the world when they get wisdom from early Korean Christians’ experiences.

본고는 조선의 경학사에 일획을 그은 君王인 정조와 신하인 정약용의 학문적 만남을 詩經講義라는 텍스트를 통하여 조망한 논문이다. 이들의 만남에 주목하는 이유는 통상의 經筵과는 달랐기 때문이다. 군왕이 자신의 의도로 선택한 인재와 질의응답을 통하여 새로운 경학의 세계를 확장하는 보기 드문 케이스이다. 우선 전통적 帝王敎育의 유형으로 정도전 · 권근 · 이황 · 이율곡 등의 사례를 들어 조선시대 경연이 추구하였던 이상적 교육상을 알아보고， 이것에 대응하는 역대 왕들의 경연 참석 상황을 살펴보았다. 정조의 캐릭터는 한마디로 말하면 好學의 學者적 君王이라고 할 수 있다 이런 정조의 유교적 이상정치와 현실의 실현이라는 점점에 정약용을 비롯한 초계문신이 위치한다. 초계문신 뿐 만 아니라， 정조의 정치적 학운 활동에는 학파 • 지역 · 신분 의 차를 초월하여 다양한 유자가 참여한다. 이러한 열린 학문 활동은 곧 당시 사회의 개방성에의 지향을 엿보게 함과 동시에 보편 문화의 성숙을 알려준다. 『시경강의』를 통하여 살펴본 두 사람의 기본적 경학관은 상당히 유사하다 양쪽 다 주자의 경학적 업적을 존중하지만， 논리상 부합하지 않는 사항에 대해서는 회의와 반론을 제기하고 있다. 물론 정조는 정약용만큼 독창적인 견해를 제시하고 있지는 않지만， 정조의 개방적 경학관에 힘입어 주자를 극복하는 정약용의 독창적 견해가 빛을 볼 수 있었다. 다시 이러한 脫朱子의 경학관은 정조시대의 새로운 학 풍으로 자리 매김을 하게 되었다， 정약용의 『시경강의』의 내용분석을 통하여 정치와 사회에 관한 두 사람의 견해 를 알아보았다. 특히 ‘賢人 ’에 있어서 정조가 유교의 전통적 賢人觀을 견지하고 있음에 비하여， 정약용은 어느 분야에서냐 기능이든 학문이든 할 수 있는 데까지 매진하여 어느 경지에 도달하면 그를 현인이라고 보고 있다. 이는 고착화된 신분 사회의 통념에서 벗어난 견해로 받아들여진다. 그런데 ‘安民’의 문제에 있어서는 두 사람 모두 유사한 시각을 노정한다. 安民의 기본조건으로 治者계층의 德化를 중요시한다. 堯舜의 至治를 정치의 이상형으로 제시하고 그 실현을 위한 현실적 방법으로 治者는 古學의 가르침을 실천에 옮기는 것으로 想定한다. 이러한 본고의 고찰을 통하여 정조와 정약용과 갇은 군신 간의 학문적 활동은 글자그대로 敎學相長적인 만남이며， 조선경학의 실학시대를 만개 시킨 動力이 되었음을 알 수 있다.