Father and Son in Confucianism and Christianity: A Comparative Study of Xunzi and Paul

ISBN-13: 9781845191610 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 245 str.

Yanxia Zhao

Opis

Noting that Confucianism and Christianity are the foundation of Chinese and Western culture, this book offers a religious and cultural comparative study from the most cardinal and crucial relationship in Confucian and Christian thought: that of the father and son. The author provides a compelling argument, backed up by close scriptural and religious readings, to overturn the longstanding perception that the Confucian secular father-son relationship established on a consanguineous basis has no comparable aspects with the spiritual based Christian divine father son relationship. In the process, she addresses cultural issues relating to hierarchy, patriarchy, and common values that might bridge the East West gap in understanding their widely differing political and religious value systems."