Confucian Theology
Three Models
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4857367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yong Huang (0000-0001-9166-4037, Kutztown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 455-478 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8171 • E-ISSN: 1749-8171 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00032.x |
| OpenAlex | W2093938250 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 10 |
If there are still disagreements about whether Confucianism is a religion, there seems to be a consensus that Confucianism does not have a theology. In this article, I attempt to show that there are at least three models of serious god-talks in the Confucian tradition: (i) heaven is discussed in the Confucian classics ofBook of Documents,Books of Poetry, andAnalectsas something transcendent of the world, similar to Christian God in crucial aspects; (ii) heaven is discussed among contemporary Confucians, represented by Xiong Shili, Mou Zongsan, and Tu Weiming, as something 'immanently transcendent', the ultimate reality immanent in the world to transcend the world; and (iii) heaven is discussed by neo-Confucians, particularly the Cheng brothers of the Song dynasty, as the wonderful life-givingactivitytranscending the world within the world
Art · Epistemology · Heaven · Literature · Neo-Confucianism · Poetry · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
From “Li (理)–Mind/Nature (心/性)” to “Qi (气)–History (史)”
Ultimate Reality in Confucianism
Confucianism between Tradition and Modernity, Religion, and Secularization
Religious Thought and Practice in the Analects
Full Circle
Accounting for the religionisation in Ku Hung-Ming’s translations of Confucian classics
Dao, Harmony and Personhood
A Summoned Life
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |