Confucian Timely Mean and Christian Discernment: Confucian-Christian Dialogue for Spirituality of Discernment...

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Sung-Hae Kim

Confucian Timely Mean and Christian Discernment

Confucian-Christian Dialogue for Spirituality of Discernment and Applied Ethics

Sung-Hae Kim

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English

Routledge
30 January 2025

Philosophy; Philosophy of religion; Religious ethics; Christian spirituality & religious experience; Confucianism

Series: Studies in World Christianity and Interreligious Relations

This book explores the notion of the timely mean, a virtue established in the Confucian tradition, in dialogue with the Christian understanding of discernment, especially as used in spirituality studies. It considers the historical development of these concepts, addressing the early encounter between Confucianism and Christianity as demonstrated in China and Korea and the fusion of the two perspectives in the nineteenth century. The chapters examine some of the major scholars and texts that have influenced both theory and practice, providing insight through a comparison of representative figures from each tradition. The author contends that bringing the Confucian ‘timely mean’ into conversation with Christian ‘discernment’ reveals that the immense riches accumulated within each tradition can mutually enhance one another. The book reflects on the possibility of a viable process for ethical and spiritual discernment that is highly relevant for our global age. It is valuable reading for scholars and students of both Confucianism and Christian theology as well as of applied ethics, particularly those interested in comparative spirituality and interreligious relations.

By: Sung-Hae Kim
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 449g
ISBN: 9781032485911
ISBN 10: 1032485914
Series: Studies in World Christianity and Interreligious Relations
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 30 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface 1 Spirituality of Discernment 2 Balancing the Scale in the Analects and Discernment of the Spirits in the Prophets of the Hebrew Bible 3 Time in Mencius and Kairos in the New Testament 4 Xunzi's Deliberation and Encounter of Two Horizons 5 Christian Understanding of the Book of Changes 6 Timely Action in the Book of Changes and Cassian's Discretion 7 The Confucian Timely Mean in the Doctrine of the Mean 8 Dong Zhongshu's Yinyang and Benedict's Discretion 9 Zhu Xi's Timely Mean and Thomas Aquinas' Prudence 10 Wang Yangming's Innate Knowledge and the Contemplative Prudence in the Cloud of Unknowing 11 T'oegye Yi Hwang’s Holdinging Fast the Mean and Ignatius Loyola’s Discernment of Spirits 12 Yulgok Yi I's Timely Governance and Vincent de Paul's Social Discernment 13 Tasan Chǒng Yagyong's Timely Mean : Fusion of Confucian and Christian Traditions of Discernment 14 Contemporary Vision: Discernment and Dialogue Glossary Bibliography

Sung-Hae Kim, S.C., is a professor emerita in the Department of Religious Studies at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea. She holds an M.A. in theology from Marquette University and a Th.D. in comparative study of religions from Harvard University and is a member of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill.