Korea has been suffering division and fragmentation because of an endemic system of tribal identity based on class, gender, region, and religion. I analyze the contradictions of contemporary Korean society arising from this tribalism and propose as a challenge to the Christian churches the task of nourishing the anticulture of “solidarity of Others.” We must recognize that different as we are in class, gender, region, and religion, we are mutually dependent for both our particular and common destinies, for which we must cooperate in solidarity. The historical Jesus provides a primordial example of this solidarity across all traditional boundaries of identity.
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