본 연구 목적은 북한의 사회복지제도화 초기 단계의 역사적 동학을 추적하여 북한사회복지의 태동 배경과 요인을 규명하는 것이다. 본 연구의 분석범위는 해 방 이전 일제강점기부터 해방 이후 북조선임시인민위원회의 활동기간을 중심으 로 한다. 본 연구방법은 역사서술적 접근을 통한 문헌연구방법을 통해 분석하였 다. 분석결과, 첫째, 각 독립운동 단체와 단체, 계열과 계열 사이의 연결성에 이 은 상호성과 인과성은 비교적 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 일제강점기 동안 각 독립운동 단체들은 독립운동과 사회복지에 대한 관심이 공존했다. 둘째, 마지막 으로 북한의 경우 사회주의계열의 복지정책을 이어받아 이를 적용하고 노력한 흔적이 확연히 나타났다. 북한은 정권 초창기부터 사상적 배경을 기반으로, 사회 복지정책을 도입하고 적용하고자 노력했고 이는 무엇보다 사회주의계열의 복지 정책을 기반으로 한 것이었다.

This paper explores the function and the role of poverty in the theology of John Calvin. In recent years, Calvin scholarship has been concerned to the ministry of the Genevan Church to social welfare policy, especially the poor. The writer tries to reveal peculiarity of Calvin’s system with respect to social welfare, examining numerous studies on his social and economic ethics. This study demonstrates that Calvin’s theology of poverty undercuts merit piety of medieval Roman Catholic Church, and that he relates the issue of poverty to his Christology, the nature of the Christian life, and the Church. This study proceeds as follows. The introduction discusses the concept of the Church Fathers and understanding of medieval church on poverty. The second chapter describes Genevan context of the sixteenth century in regard to civil relief system. This chapter shows that before Calvin comes to Geneva, there has been social care system developed by Genevan citizens. The chapter sketches an historical context for Calvin’s theological view on poverty. This fact plays an important role in reconstruction of social welfare institutions by Calvin. He endeavors to reform relief system of the poor in coordination of the ecclesiastical system and civil magistrates. Chapter three will be divided into three parts. First part examines Calvin’s theology of the poverty in his writings and sermons. Calvin interprets multifariously the poverty of Christ and its significance for the Christian life and the church, investigating theological meanings of physical and spiritual poverty. Second part examines the right use of wealth, showing that Calvin is essentially primer among the Reformation theologians to wrestle with the interrelation of secular economic development and the material and moral welfare of the individual. Third part argues the relationship between the ecclesiastical system and civil system in Calvin’s social welfare. This part demonstrates that for Calvin, coterminous interaction between the church and civil government on charitable work was unique. Conclusion part says several remarks of Calvin’s theology of poverty.