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Paradise has been widely perceived as somewhere on ocean islands or in distant mountains where people come together to set up tightly-knit societies so they can live, work and worship in harmony and peace. For the first-time ever, in this widely-researched work that bridges the utopian ideas and visions of East and West, Ambrose Mong explores the writings of influential thinkers from ancient China to Renaissance Europe and today, including Thomas More, Teilhard de Chardin, Confucius and Mo Tzu, and even twentieth century political reformist Kang Youwei.
About the author
Revd Dr Ambrose Mong is assistant parish priest at St Joseph's Church, Hong Kong, part-time lecturer at the Holy Spirit Seminary, and research associate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His recent publications with James Clarke & Co. include Christianity in the Modern World: A Study of Religion in a Pluralistic Society (2022), Sino-Vatican Relations: From Denunciation to Dialogue (2019), and A Better World Is Possible: An Exploration of Western and Eastern Utopian Visions (2018).
Summary
A study of utopian thought in Western and Chinese traditions, bringing out the differences and similarities in their visions of a better, more just world.
