Preface

I. Introduction: The Japanese Invasion, the End of the Korean Kingdom, and the Struggle of the Korean Church
1. Historical Background: The Japanese Invasion and the Beginning of the Christian Missions in Korea
2. The Relations between Korea and Japan before the Annexation, and the Position of the Missionaries
3. The Patriotic and Anti-Japanese Church

II. The Conspiracy Case
1. Background of the Conspiracy Case: Anak Incident
2. The Conspiracy Case
3. The Conspiracy Case and the Missionaries
4. Japanese Pressure and the Response of the Church after the Conspiracy Case

III. The March First Independence Movement
1. The Background and the Reasons
2. The Involvement of the Korean Church in the Independence Movement
3. The Missionaries and the Independence Movement
4. Japanese Pressure and the Response of the Church after the Independence Movement

IV. The Shinto Shrine Worship Problem
1. Background of the Shinto Shrine Worship Problem
2. The Enforcement of Shinto Shrine Worship
3. The Resistance to Shinto Shrine Worship
4. The Major Motives for the Christian Resistance to Shinto Shine Worship
5. Persecution, Sufferings and the Changes of the Korean Church after the Approval of Shinto Shrine Worship

V. The Changes of the Korean Church after the Shinto Shrine Worship Attendance
1. Embryo of Liberal Theology and End of the Era of the Missionaries and Conservatism
2. The Enforced Assimilation of the Korean Churches
3. The Division of the Korean Presbyterian Church Caused by the Shinto Shrine Worship Issue

VI. Conclusion

Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III

Bibliography
Index