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A Preliminary Study on the Integration between Confucianism and Christianity - A Clarification and lnterrnediation between Sin and Goodness in Human Nature

Lin, Anwu
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Lin, Anwu
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human being
being
continuous
discontinuity
breathing the same air
salvation
whole course of an event from beginning to end
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Intercultural and contextual theologies
Asian theologies
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Chinese Christianity / 中国基督教
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“ Human nature is good" refers generally to the theory of the Mencius tradition of Confucianism, and original sin refers usually to the Christian viewpoint. According to the theory that human nature is good, the relationships between heaven and human beings, between the world and me, and between other people and myself are continuous rather than broken/disrupted. According to the theory of original sin, the relationships are broken rather than continuous. From the viewpoint of continuity, it is breathing the same air that unites all into one whole. And the sharing of air emphasizes the interaction among subjects rather than objectification of the subject. From the viewpoint of discontinuity, the whole is divided into subject and object through the verbal judgment, and it is through the objectification of subjects that subject and object are divided. Through the verbal judgment original sin has become real so that human beings have to be saved by an external power. Through the sharing of air the theory that human nature is good has become real in human hearts. In fact, original sin does not exist, and the good nature of human beings has its root in heaven. The possibility of integration between Confucianism and Christianity may be fulfilled Lhrough a contrast between subjective activity and transcendent wholeness so as to overcome the sharing of air and to get help from verbal judgment. If the theory of original sin of Christianity would return to its root, and the theory of the good nature of Confucianism would reach completion, it will be possible to integrate the two.
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2013
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