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Confucianism and Catholicism : reinvigorating the dialogue / edited by Michael R. Slater, Erin M. Cline, and Philip J. Ivanhoe.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--East Asia.
- Catholic Church.
- Christianity and other religions--Confucianism.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Confucianism--Relations--Christianity.
- Confucianism.
- Confucianism--East Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Confucianism and Catholicism are among the most influential religious traditions and share a long and intricate relationship. Beginning with the work of Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), the nature of this relationship has sometimes generated great debate, which is still alive today. The ten essays in this volume continue and advance this long conversation. Written by specialists in both traditions, the essays are organized into two groups. Those in the first group focus primarily on the historical and cultural contexts in which Confucianism and Catholicism encountered one another in the four major Confucian cultures of East Asia (China, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan). These essays seek to understand specific figures, texts, and issues in light of those broader contexts. The essays in the second part offer comparative and constructive studies of specific figures, texts, and issues in the Confucian and Catholic traditions from both theological and philosophical perspectives. By bringing these historical and constructive perspectives together, this volume seeks not only to understand the past dialogue between these traditions, but also to renew and reinvigorate the conversation between them today. In light of the unprecedented expansion of Eastern Asian influence in recent decades, and considering the myriad of challenges and new opportunities faced by both the Confucian and Catholic traditions in a world that is rapidly becoming globalized, this volume could not be more timely. Confucianism and Catholicism: Reinvigorating the Dialogue will be of interest to professional theologians, historians, and scholars of religion, as well as those who work in interreligious dialogue"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Reinvigorating the Dialogue between Confucianism and Catholicism
- Part 1. Historical Contexts: China, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan
- One The Aristotelian Concept of Substance Introduced by Early Jesuit Missionaries to China and Its Problems in Encountering Confucianism
- Two When Christian Devotion Meets Confucian Piety: The Teaching of the "Three Fatherhoods" in Premodern Vietnam
- Three The Zhongyong through a Theistic Lens: Tasan Cho?ng Yagyong on How to Be Moral
- Four Confucianism and Catholicism in Mid-Twentieth-Century Japan
- Part 2. Comparative Theology and Philosophy
- Five Mengzi, Xunzi, Augustine, and John Chrysostom on Childhood Moral Cultivation
- Six Natural Law in Mencius and Aquinas
- Seven Reimagining Confucianism with Ignatius of Loyola
- Eight "Exemplar Reasoning" as a Tool for Constructive Conversation between Confucians and Catholics
- Nine Understandings of Human Failures to Flourish in Catholicism and Confucianism
- Ten Concluding Reflections: Confucian and Catholic Conceptions of the Virtues
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (viewed on February 17, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9780268107710
- 0268107718
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