Christianity has made a significant contribution to the shaping of modern Korean society and culture. In this course we will explore the impact of Christianity on modern Korean culture and society that include social relationship, politics, education, gender relationship, and other areas of public culture. In the latter period, we will examine the ways in which Korean cinema introduces and explores some of the central themes of Christianity vis-à-vis the historical trauma such as war and national division as well as rapid industrialization and the resultant class conflicts that Koreans have experienced in the course of tumultuous modern history. We will discuss films by Park Chan-wook, Kim Ki-duk, and Lee Chang-dong focusing on the themes of good and evil, grace and forgiveness, atonement and sacrifice, reconciliation and community building.