Paulos Huang on Confucian-Christian Dialogue
This essay criticizes a book of ample theological research written by Chinese theologian Paulos Huang, who embraces certain Western assumptions about Confucian religion. Two of these assumptions are presented in detail and criticized, namely, the belief in a deterioration of Chinese culture through...
| Published in: | Journal of ecumenical studies |
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| Format: | Print Review |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2015
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Journal of ecumenical studies
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| Review of: | Confronting Confucian (Leiden : Brill, 2009) (Bresciani, Umberto)
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations |
| Further subjects: | B
Comparative Theology
B Book review B Confucian atheism B Chinese culture B Comparative Religion B Zhu Xi B Confucian monism B Confucianism B Sinology |
| Summary: | This essay criticizes a book of ample theological research written by Chinese theologian Paulos Huang, who embraces certain Western assumptions about Confucian religion. Two of these assumptions are presented in detail and criticized, namely, the belief in a deterioration of Chinese culture through history from theism into atheism, and the view of the Confucian worldview as metaphysical monism. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-0558 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
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