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中西之間——相遇、神學及曆史诠釋學 [China and the West: Encounter, Theology and the Hermeneutics of History ]
DAVIES, Oliver
DAVIES, Oliver
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DAVIES, Oliver
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China
Christian ethics
Christianity
religion
neuroscience
apophaticism
globalization
hermeneutics
history
Christian ethics
Christianity
religion
neuroscience
apophaticism
globalization
hermeneutics
history
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Religious ethics
Intercultural and contextual theologies
Asian theologies
Biblical Theology
Biblical hermeneutics, Interpretation of the Bible
Intercultural and contextual theologies
Asian theologies
Biblical Theology
Biblical hermeneutics, Interpretation of the Bible
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Chinese and Western scholars alike share a burden of responsibility to develop new ways of understanding the human which can be applied in new global contexts. In engagement with the work of Yang Huilin, this paper argues that philosophical convergence between East and West is greatly facilitated if the Western philosophical position is moderated by the findings of contemporary Western neuroscience which stress the embodied and non-dualist nature of the self. A Western philosophical reception of a non-reductive physicalism opens up the possibility of new kinds of intellectual collaboration between East and West, which can lead to new hermeneutical thematisations of the deepest commonality between cultures. This is found in our human self-awareness as communicating, embodied agents in a shared material world. This paper develops Yang Huilin’s proposal that Christian apophaticism is a significant resource in this respect.
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2011-11
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