'Justification by grace alone' facing Confucian self-cultivation : : the Christian doctrine of justification contextualized to new Confucianism / / by Arne Redse.

Chinese contexts as influenced by the religious moral philosophy of New Confucianism are characterized by the idea of becoming a sage through self-cultivation. For Christian theology – with its emphasis on God’s grace rather than on self-cultivation – Confucian teaching in this matter may appear as...

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Superior document:Studies in Systematic Theology, Volume 18
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Studies in systematic theology (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 18.
Physical Description:1 online resource (510 p.)
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Summary:Chinese contexts as influenced by the religious moral philosophy of New Confucianism are characterized by the idea of becoming a sage through self-cultivation. For Christian theology – with its emphasis on God’s grace rather than on self-cultivation – Confucian teaching in this matter may appear as a problem. Chinese Christian theology may ask: How can the Christian doctrine of justification by grace alone be contextualized in Chinese contexts which are characterized by the contradicting idea of self-cultivation? Another question may be equally interesting for Christian theology in all contexts: Which insights can be attained from an attempt at contextualizing the Christian doctrine of justification to contexts influenced by New Confucianism? In this book professor Arne Redse contributes to answering these questions.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9004302581
ISSN:1876-1518 ;
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: by Arne Redse.