Literature and religion : a dialogue between china and the west / David Jasper, Ou Guang-an.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jasper, David, author.

Guang-an, Ou, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and literature.

Religion and literature.

East and West.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2020]

Summary:

How does one culture "read" another? This book is a series of conversations between a scholar from China and a scholar from the West, each reading texts from the other's culture. One of the key issues is the nature of religion and what we understand by that term in a world in which ancient religious and customs seem to be dying or under threat. Does literature and religion offer the possibility of mutual understanding--or merely illustrate our differences? These conversations between scholars are also between friends. And that, too, is important"-- Back cover.

Contents:

[1]: From East to West. Literary similarities and cultural differences : a comparative study of Zhuangzi and the Book of Job / Ou Guang-an

The Book of Job and Zhuangzi : a response / David Jasper

A textual and cross-cultural investigation of "fate" in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles / Ou Guang-an

Thomas Hardy and the conflict of cultures : a response / David Jasper

Religious perspectives in Yeat's poetry / Ou Guang-an

Response to Yeats : sinking in on truth / David Jasper

[2]: From West to East. Issues in Sino-Christian theology / David Jasper

Response to Issues in Sino-Christian theology / Ou Guang-an

Towards a reading of Lu Xun / David Jasper

Response to the reading of Lu Xun / Ou Guang-an

Seeking Christian theology in modern Chinese fiction : an exercise for Sino-Christian theology / David Jasper

Response to Seeking Christian theology in modern Chinese fiction / Ou Guang-an

[3]: Concluding Conversations. Concluding reflections / David Jasper

Final remarks / Ou Guang-an.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781532652202

1532652208