Paul Tillich and Sino-Christian Theology

Auteur

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.

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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.

Contenu

1. Being and Non-Being: Paul Tillich, BuddhistChristian 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 Vrya 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