Pushed Forward by Lifted Hearts
On Stanislaus Lo Kuang's Sino-Christian Philosophy of History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4313495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dawid Rogacz (0000-0002-0007-7599, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 218 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel13030218 |
| OpenAlex | W4214822222 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article presents an analysis of the Sino-Christian philosophy of history created by Archbishop Stanislaus Lo Kuang (1911-2004), whose comprehensive view of historiography and the historical process situates him amongst very few contemporary thinkers interested in developing a distinctively Christian yet strictly philosophical outlook of human history. It is shown that for Lo, an inquiry into the structure of historical facts leads to uncovering their meaning, which is identical with the meaning of human life, namely the search for happiness. Humans, driven by their nature and led by heroes, move freely towards what they consider greater happiness, realizing that this requires ever greater freedom and equality. God is introduced in this approach only as a guarantee of the fulfillment of the deepest desires and the One who inscribed them into human hearts. Importantly, in his discussion of God's relation to history, Lo Kuang refers to the Confucian conceptions of human nature, Heaven, and destiny, offering a cross-cultural synthesis at the intersection of the theology and philosophy of history. It is argued that despite its inconsistencies, Lo Kuang's contribution is original and could still be relevant for global society today
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Happiness · Heaven · Historiography · Sociology · Theology · History · Karl Barth and Christian Theology · Law · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies
Chinese Philosophy of History
Sino-Theology and the Philosophy of History
Postnarrativist Philosophy of Historiography
The Function of General Laws in History
Transcendence and Non-Naturalism in Early Chinese Thought
The birth of enlightenment secularism from the spirit of Confucianism
Theories and the Transitivity of Confirmation
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |