Christianity Studies (Volume 2)

Author: [China] Zhu Xinping
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: Product Description: The study of Christianity in contemporary China has entered a new era and has attracted widespread attention. This book collects papers from the 1999 academic symposium "Contemporary Christian Studies in China," covering three areas of discussion: theological thought, comparative dialogue, and historical research. The theological content includes the relationship between reason and faith, the role of nature in theology, Hegel's spiritual interpretation of Christian doctrines, on the transcendence of God, Macquarie's life studies, Barth's negative theology of nature, on creation and redemption, the self-understanding of the Catholic Church at the Second Vatican Council, Catholic "hope theology," and the comprehensive theology of Russian Orthodox and Protestant fathers. The comparative dialogue content includes "unity" and "globalization" from a Christian perspective, a dialogue on exclusivism and pluralism, on universal dialogue theology, and dialogue between Christianity and Judaism. The historical research involves the social and historical contexts of the West and China. The former includes the church and society in Quebec, the quest for the historical Jesus, and the study of the Book of Job, among others. The latter includes the development of the Chinese church, its current research status, the study of the Jing Jing "Unitarianism," the exploration of self-reliance and localization, the study of Christianity during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the research on Matteo Ricci and Robert de Nobili, an introduction to Zhu Wei, the history of church universities and comparative studies, the history of Christianity in Fujian, and the study of Catholicism in Taiwan, among others. These studies provide a diverse landscape for understanding the history and current state of Christianity.