Confucian spirituality / edited by Tu Weiming and Mary Evelyn Tucker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tu, Weiming, 1940-

Tucker, Mary Evelyn.

Series:

World spirituality ; v. 11A-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confucianism.

Confucian ethics.

Philosophy, Confucian.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crossroad Pub. Company, 2003.

Summary:

For centuries, many have turned to Confucianism for its wisdom on ethics and politics, while its distinctive contribution to spirituality has often been overlooked. In this remarkable collection, leading scholars of Confucianism explore this spiritual and religious dimension more deeply. Now available for the first time in English are insights into the Confucian understanding of themes such as holism, divinity, piety, religious virtue, and spiritual progress. Volume One of this collection offers as overview of Confucianism, its formation and rituals. The forthcoming Volume Two examines self-cultivation, the development of the tradition, and Confucianism's flowering in our world today.

Contents:

Part 1 Synoptic Overview

1 Individualism and Holism in Chinese Tradition: The Religious Cultural Context / Thomas Berry 39

2 The Ethical and the Meta-Ethical in Chinese High Cultural Thought / Benjamin I. Schwartz 56

3 Between the Heavenly and the Human / Ying-shih Yu 62

4 What Is Confucian Spirituality? / Julia Ching 81

5 Affectivity in Classical Confucian Tradition / Thomas Berry 96

6 Classical Chinese Views of Reality and Divinity / Chung-ying Cheng 113

7 Virtues and Religious Virtues in the Confucian Tradition / Lee H. Yearley 134

Part 2 The Formation of the Confucian Tradition: Sagely Learning, Ritual Practice, Political Morality

8 Li and the A-theistic Religiousness of Classical Confucianism / Roger T. Ames 165

9 Is There a Universal Path of Spiritual Progress in the Texts of Early Confucianism? / Henry Rosemont, Jr. 183

10 Ritual and Sacrifice in Early Confucianism: Contacts with the Spirit World / Deborah Sommer 197

11 Death and Dying in the Analects / Philip J. Ivanhoe 220

12 Practicality and Spirituality in the Mencius / Irene Bloom 233

13 The Ethical and the Religious Dimensions of Li / A. S. Cua 252

14 Xunzi's Piety / Paul Rakita Goldin 287

15 The Way of the Unadorned King: The Classical Confucian Spirituality of Dong Zhongshu / Sarah A. Queen 304

16 Determining the Position of Heaven and Earth: Debates over State Sacrifices in the Western Han Dynasty / Michael Puett 318.

Notes:

"A Herder and Herder Book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-363) and index.

ISBN:

0824521110

OCLC:

51838715