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

• Superior document: Studies in Systematic Theology, Volume 18
• VerfasserIn: Redse, Arne,
• 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.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Contextualization – Methodology and a Method -- The Doctrine of Justification as an Object for Contextualization -- New Confucianism – Relevant Elements for a Contextualization of the Doctrine of Justification -- The Doctrine of Justification – Contextualized to New Confucianism -- Bibliography -- Index of subjects -- Index of persons.