Kirsteen Kim  RECONCILIATION IN KOREA: MODELS FROM KOREAN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY Humanization, healing, harmonization, hanpuri KEYWORDS Korea, Korean peninsula, reconciliation, Korean Christian theology, humanization, healing, minjung, full gospel, eco-feminism, reunification ABSTRACT Since the 1970s, Korean Christian theology has emerged in a number of different strands; including minjung theology, full gospel theology, p’ungryu theology, and feminist theology. Reconciliation is an important theme in any Christian theology, and in the contemporary political context of South Korea it assumes an even greater significance. Examination of the theology of leading theologians in each strand – Suh Nam Dong, Cho Yonggi, Ryu Tong- Shik, and Chung Hyun Kyung – reveals that each conceptualizes reconciliation in a different way as humanization, healing, harmony, and hanpuri, respectively. A dialogue between these different models suggests an enhanced vision of reconciliation to offer in the process of reunification. INTRODUCTION Reconciliation in Korea? The standoff on the Korean Peninsula between North and South has been going on since 1945. It was largely unnoticed in the West after the Korean War of 1950-53, until President Bush suddenly declared North Korea to be part of “the axis of evil” and, faced with the threat  Dr Kirsteen Kim is an Honorary Lecturer of the University of Birmingham, former chair of the British and Irish Association for Mission Studies, and vice-moderator of the Commission for World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches. She is the author of The Spirit in the world: global conversation toward mission theology of the Holy Spirit (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2007). This paper was originally presented at the International Conference on Peace and Reconciliation at York St John University, 15-18 Aug 2006. k.kim@bham.ac.uk