The revival of Confucianism in China comes from a variety of sources including scholars resident in mainland China, Taiwan and overseas. He Tianyi provides a brief introduction to some of these. They include scholars working to educate in the Confucian tradition, doing research on Confucianism, lecturing to spread traditional culture into the popular mainstream and focusing on the implementation of the Confucian view of life in the presence of modern materialism. He introduces us to one who specialize in the history of Western philosophy, cultural philosophy and Neo-Confucianism and to another who is working to promote greater mutual understanding between intellectuals in China and the West.
He Tianyi
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March 13, 2014
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Scholarship
Confucius, the Buddha, and Christ by Ralph R. Covell
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Confronting Confucian Understandings of the Christian Doctrine of Salvation: A Systematic Theological Analysis of the Basic Problems in the Confucian-Christian Dialogue by Paulos Huang
Reviewed by G. Wright Doyle
Covell traces the history of the gospel in China from the Nestorians up to about 1980 and ways in which foreign missionaries, and then Chinese Christians, tried to express the gospel in terms which were, or were not, readily accessible to the people they hoped to reach. Huang's aim is to explain how different types of Confucianists have understood, and responded to the Christian doctrine of salvation.
G. Wright Doyle
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Scholarship
The guest editor's point of view.
G. Wright Doyle
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Scholarship
Since I've been in China for 28 years, and speak Chinese reasonably well, I am often asked two questions (by foreigners), neither of which have easy answers.
Joann Pittman
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March 12, 2014
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Ideas
Many people are surprised to know that that there are numerous Christian books that have been published in China and as a result can be legally sold and distributed within China. This is something that has been going on for the past ten years.
Joann Pittman
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March 10, 2014
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Resources
Violence was very much in China-related media this week as people inside and outside of China sought to come to grips with the brutal attack that took place in the Kunming train station on March 1. A new date, 3-01 has entered our terrorism vocabulary.
ChinaSource Team
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March 7, 2014
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Resources
Filial piety has long been part and parcel of Chinese culture.
Mark Totman
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March 6, 2014
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Ideas
Chinese Christians offer their thoughts on the Kunming knife massacre.
ChinaSource Team
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Stories
We were hoping for 100 new subscribers and gained 186!
ChinaSource Team
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March 5, 2014
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Stories
On Saturday, there was a knife attack at the Kunming train station. When it was over, 29 people were dead and hundreds injured. Here's how the Los Angeles Timesreported the scene:
Joann Pittman
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March 4, 2014
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Stories
The explosion of China's online Christian community has not only provided believers with a new platform for expressing their faith, it is also helping to meet practical needs within the Christian community. Recently Chinese Church Voices featured an article from the online Christian newspaper Gospel Times about Christian dating websites in China.
Brent Fulton
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March 3, 2014
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Stories
My top picks this week center on architecture, education, and the plight of the disabled in China.
Joann Pittman
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February 28, 2014
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Resources