The Religious Theological Meaning of the Self-Religion in the Perspective of “a God of One’s Own by Ulrich Beck
AUTHORS
Tae-Kwan Choi,Professor, Methodist Theological Seminary, Seoul, South Korea
ABSTRACT
This study is to describe the basis for finding the political responsibilities and practices of various religions in the era of deindustrialization, where the risks that Ulrich Beck accuses in his book the Risk Society are distributed. In the era of deindustrialization, Beck argues that risk is a matter of individuality because it is thoroughly distributed to the individual. Regardless of the diversity of the underprivileged, the religions are oriented towards global citizenship and exerting their own religious influence, rather than solving the problem of risk distribution. Then, in a risk society, should individual religions dismiss the problem of risk as an individual problem? Therefore, this paper focuses on the political responsibility and the possibility of life politics of an individual who is aiming for world citizens in the story of Etty Hillesum, which appears in Beck’s book, The God of one’s own. Because Etty Hillesum (1914-1943), a Jewish woman who was a victim of the Holocaust, demonstrates political responsibility and practice at the global level beyond her own. So how can we find political responsibility and practice for global citizenship in a real sense, not a political competition to achieve religious initiative in the world? Can self -religion respond appropriately to the present risk-society? This thesis finds its potential in the religious self-determination of the true personal existence that is revealed in the relationship of God with his large area beyond his own people and religion. Specifically, this paper clarifies the global citizenship meaning of Beck’s self-respective religion by comparing this issue with the attitude of Western universal religion, Christianity. This study seeks actively a path of resistance to expose and overcome various risk that are more widely distributed among vulnerable groups by leading priests or citizens belonging to institutional religion to the world citizenship space. This study aims to uncover the meaning of the reflective ego revealed in the self-respecting religion found in the narrative of Hillesum through comparison with Christianity as a universal religion aimed at global citizenship.
KEYWORDS
Self-religion, God’s one’s own, Ulrich beck, Risk-society, World-religions, Christianity, Global-Citizenship, Individualization
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