Sino-theology and the philosophy of history : : a collection of essays by Liu Xiaofeng / / Liu Xiaofeng ; translated with commentary by Leopold Leeb.

• Author: Liu, Xiaofeng, 1956-
• TeilnehmendeR: Leeb, Leopold, 1967-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2015]
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Since his controversial Delivering and Dallying (published in 1988), Liu Xiaofeng has been considered the most influential among contemporary Chinese intellectuals interested in Christianity. Now for the first time this collection of Liu's essays, translated and commented by Prof. Leopold Leeb, enables the non-Chinese reader to get a comprehensive understanding of the ideas of this inspiring and erudite scholar. Liu Xiaofeng's Sino-Theology and the Philosophy of History , together with the other essays in this collection, provide a panoramic view of the situation of Christian studies in the Chinese context today. In his introduction, Leopold Leeb also presents several other scholars who have been of crucial importance in the dialogue between Chinese culture and Christianity in the last three decades.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Translator’s Introduction / Leopold Leeb -- 1 Is Everything “Spiritual” Altogether “Very Far Away” from the Chinese People? / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- 2 Scientism and the “Spirit” of Christianity / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- 3 Nationalist State-Ethics and the Christian “Spirit” / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- 4 Sociological Observations on the Modern Context of Sino-Theology / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- 5 Sino-Theology within the Argument Structure of Modern Thought / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- 6 The Hermeneutic Fervor of Sino-Theology / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- 7 The Phenomenon of Cultural Christians: A Noteworthy “Rumor” / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- 8 The “Chinese-Language” Problem of Christian Theology / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- Preface to the Revised Version of Zhengjiu yu Xiaoyao (Delivering and Dallying) / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- Christianity, Paganism, and Modernity / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- Preface to The Confucian Religion and Nation-State (Rujiao yu minzu guojia) / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- Leo Strauss and China: Encountering a Classical Disposition / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- Hobbes and His “Apology” / Leopold Leeb and Xiaofeng Liu -- Appendix -- Index of Names and Subjects.