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Professor Yang-ho Lee insisted on the structure of concentric thinking in order to determine the theological structure of Calvin. A concentric circle is divided into the center and the periphery, with the core ideas closer to the center of the circle. This structure has the advantage of rectifying the logical error of polarization caused by dichotomous thinking. The reason for discussing Taksa Byung-hun Choi’s life here is because he is considered as a figure with ambivalence similar to Calvin’s ideological background as claimed by Lee. Taksa lived two different lives at the same time, as he lived as a Confucian scholar while accepting Christianity as his belief, and then living as a Christian in the Confucian context. He actually applied the Eastern ideas that he had studied and understood into the understanding of Christianity, publishing books such as Seongsan Myeong Gyeong and Manjong Ilyeon. He is also one of the figures that influenced the formation of Christianity in Korea as a theologian, apologist, and pastor in the early days of Korean Christianity. To determine Taksa’s thinking, this paper examined Seongsan Myeong Gyeong based on the concentric structure. The conversation process between Christianity (the concentric circle) and other religions (the periphery) suggests that the books were intended for Korean readers, who are familiar with Eastern ideas, to understand Christianity. In other words, the core ideas of concentric circles that appear in many of his works are examined as Christian thinking (Creation, God, Salvation), and the conversation process toward the core ideas as the periphery.
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Taksa, Byung-hun Choi, Yang-Ho Lee, Seongsan Myeong Gyeong, Concentric Structure
