Harmony and Reconciliation in Christianity and Daoism: Alleviating Identity-Based Suffering

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Dr. Michael M. Tophoff (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Harmony and Reconciliation in Christianity and Daoism

Alleviating Identity-Based Suffering

Dr. Michael M. Tophoff (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

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English

Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
10 July 2025

Comparative religion; Christianity; Taoism

This book presents an analytical investigation of the Christian concept of reconciliation and the Daoist concept of harmony.

It poses the question whether Christian reconciliation and Daoist harmony could be operationalized in ways to ease human suffering caused by interpersonal, intergroup, national, and international conflicts. Christianity and Daoism both describe the loss of harmonious connections with fellow humans, nature, and the sacred, but they also point to ways of reconciliation, to returning to harmony through re-connection. As an interreligious dialogue between Daoism and Christianity has hardly ever been described before, this study focuses on the question—within a hermeneutical context of singularity, difference, and concordance—whether early Daoist views on harmony and early Christian views on reconciliation could be operationalized relevantly in order to contribute to endeavors towards a resolution of interpersonal and intergroup conflicts.

By: Dr. Michael M. Tophoff (University of Amsterdam The Netherlands)
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781978716926
ISBN 10: 1978716923
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 10 July 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael M. Tophoff, clinical psychologist and theologian, teaches at the University of Amsterdam and is a Research Fellow at Vrije Universiteit.

Reviews for Harmony and Reconciliation in Christianity and Daoism: Alleviating Identity-Based Suffering

Intersecting the fields of social psychology, practical philosophy, and comparative theology, Michael Tophoff’s monograph stands out by adding an important Daoist-Christian perspective to one of the most urgent questions of our times: how to live peacefully in societies fragmented by competing identity formations. Both concise and innovative, Tophoff invites us to think through the paradigms of the Daoist sage and of Francis of Assisi, respectively. In a search for reconciliation and harmony, Tophoff provides an inspiring call for reconsidering our clinging to stiff identity categories and celebrating the uniqueness of any single human. * B. Scherer, Rector, Buddhist Seminary, The Netherlands *