LE05　Christian Spirituality and Chinese Culture (2 credits)

Lecturer: Edward CHAU

Description:

Through “reflection and understanding” of life, this course seeks to discover the core of Chinese culture and the import of Christian spirituality so as to determine a point where they can meet harmoniously.

1. Preliminary remarks:

1.1  Life-generating self-strengthening

1.2  Reflection on the spirituality arising from Chinese culture and the significance of Christian spirituality

2. To trace out from Chinese culture network of thought where Christian spirituality can be concretely realized

3. Within this framework, the spirituality of Chinese culture (as asynthesis of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism) plays a major role

3.1  "contemplation-enlightenment-life" as the structure

3.2  "Reflection-understanding" interwoven harmoniously

4. The process of "Reflection and Understanding"

4.1  Self-effacement

4.2  Interior breakthrough

4.3  Total abandonment

4.4  Transformation of life

4.5  Being one and whole

Reference:

1. 徐可之著，《白首共此心：靈修心理尋根十二講》。台灣：光啟 出版社，1987。

2. 陳文裕著，《天主教基本靈修學》。台灣：光啟出版社，1988。

3. 張春申著，《中國靈修芻議》。台灣：光啟出版社，1978。

4. 趙賓實著，《靈修學在中國》。台灣：恆毅月刊社，1979。

5. 歐邁安著，《天主教靈修學史》。香港：公教真理學會，1991。

6. 歐邁安著，蔡秉正譯，《靈修神學》（上、下冊）。台北：光啟出 版社，1995。

7. 羅光著，《生活的修養與境界》。台灣：輔仁大學出版社，1987。

Note:

Not offered this year