Read more
With contributors from different generations of the Chinese-speaking world, the book addresses the relevance of Paul Tillich's thought in the Chinese cultural-political contexts.
Appropriating and transforming different themes of Tillich's thought in the Chinese context, the contributors reframe the dialogue with Buddhism and Confucianism, religion and science, and religion and politics under the interpretation of Tillich's ideas. The thought-provoking essays examine the intellectual potentiality or further contribution of Paul Tillich's ideas in Sino-Christian Theology.
The book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students studying Paul Tillich's thought, Chinese theology, and East-West religious dialogues.
List of contents
1. Being and Non-Being: Paul Tillich, Buddhist–Christian Dialogue, and Sino-Christian Theology 2. Confucianism as Religion in Tillichian Perspective 3. Correlating Tillich’s Legacy with the Political-Existential Situation of Present-Day China 4. Demonic and Frontier: Paul Tillich on nationalism and its significance on national identity construction in Contemporary China 5. St. Thomas Aquinas and Paul Tillich on Fortitudo (Courage): With Special Reference to the Virtue of Vīrya in Buddhism 6. T. C. Chao and Tillich: Paul Tillich’s Spiritual Journey in China 7. The Theological Controversy between Paul Tillich and Karl Barth in 1923: A Historical and Interpretative Reconstruction 8. Tillich’s and Confucian Understanding of Person in Dialogue: An Emergentist Perspective 9. An Examination of Tillich’s and Confucian anthropocosmic understanding: An Ecological Perspective
About the author
Keith Ka-fu Chan is currently a Professor at the Center for Judaic and Inter-religious Studies, Shandong University. His research interests include: modern Christian theology, philosophy of religion, religion and environmental ethics, political theology, and Paul Tillich studies.
Summary
With contributors from different generations of the Chinese-speaking world, the book addresses the relevance of Paul Tillich’s thought in the Chinese cultural-political contexts.
