LD12　Thinking Jesus Christ through Confucianism - from an Inculturation Perspective (2 credits)

Lecturer: Savio HON

Description:

1. Inculturation as seen in the dynamic process of Incarnation

2. Thinking through Confucianism and thinking as dialogue

3. Dialogue (between Christianity and Confucianism) and proclamation

4. Reading Confucian texts from a Christian perspective in view of proclamation. Its significance and criteria

5. The quest of Confucianism and the messianic expectation in the Old Testament

6. The religious dimension of Confucianism and the Christology in  the New Testament

7. Is a Confucian image of Jesus possible? Can He be presented as a teacher of wisdom and a sage (sheng or sheng-jen)? Its meaning and relevance.

Reference:

1. Particular Church Documents: Fides et Ratio (1998), Ecclesia in Asia (1999), Dominus Iesus (2000)

2. HALL David L. & AMES Roger T., Thinking through Confucius (New York: University Press 1987)

3. RULE Paul A., Kung-Tzu or Confucius? The Jesuit Interpretation of Confucianism (Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1986)

4. TAYLOR Rodney L., The Religious Dimensions of Confucianism (New York: University Press 1990)

5. TU Wei Ming, Humanity and Self-Cultivation: Eassys in Confu- cian Thought (Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press 1979)

6. 項退結，《中國哲學之路》，台北　東大圖書　1991。

7. 程發軔，《儒家思想研究論集》（上、下集），台北　黎明文化事業　 1982。

8. 蔡仁厚，《儒家思想的現代意義》，台北　文津　1987。

Note:

Not offered this year