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1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-296) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Conceptual structure and xontext of Xiao in early Confucianism -- "While Living, Serve Them with Li" : Xiao as care for parents -- Serve the dead with Li : filial love and obedience in Ceremonial Xiao -- The spiritual xontext and structure of Christological love and obedience for Hans Urs von Balthasar -- Archetypal obedience : Balthasar's conception of Christ's filial obedience as archetypal experience -- Mission, history, and bbedience : Christ's filial obedience in theo-drama -- A Confucian rereading of Balthasar. |
| Summary |
"In this unique and original study, Joshua Brown seeks to demonstrate the fruitfulness of Chinese philosophy for Christian theology by using Confucianism to reread, reassess, and ultimately expand the Christology of the twentieth-century Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar. Taking up the critically important Confucian idea of xiao (filial piety), Brown argues that this concept can be used to engage anew Balthasar's treatment of the doctrine of Christ's filial obedience, thus leading us to new Christological insights. To this end, Brown first offers in-depth studies of the early Confucian idea of xiao and of Balthasar's Christology on their own terms and in their own contexts. The author then proposes that Confucianism affirms certain aspects of Balthasar's insights into Christ's filial obedience. Brown also shows how the Confucian understanding of xiao provides reasons to criticize some of Balthasar's controversial claims, such as his account of intra-Trinitarian obedience. Ultimately, by rereading Balthasar's Christology through the lens of xiao, this work employs Confucian and Balthasarian resources to push the Christological conversation forward. This book is written for students and scholars of systematic theology, theologically educated readers interested in the encounter between Christianity and Chinese culture, and comparative theologians"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988.
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Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988. |
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Jesus Christ -- Person and offices.
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Jesus Christ. |
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Filial piety -- Religious aspects -- Confucianism.
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Filial piety -- Religious aspects -- Confucianism. |
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Filial piety -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Filial piety -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Obedience -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Obedience -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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RELIGION / Comparative Religion. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brown, Joshua R. Balthasar in Light of Early Confucianism Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press,c2020 |
| ISBN |
9780268107123 electronic book |
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0268107122 electronic book |
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0268107114 electronic book |
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9780268107116 electronic book |
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9780268107093 hardback |
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