Confucianism & Christianity

Catalog description

Taught by GTU. This course is designed to explore the issues in the interreligious dialogue of Confucianism and Christianity. It will also explore various historical and contemporary approaches to and understanding of Confucian-Christian engagement. The first section will focus on historical background on Confucian tradition including the development of Neo-Confucianism and New Confucianism. The second section will discuss an overview of Confucian-Christian encounters. In the third section, interreligious studies approaches of the two faith traditions will be examined. The course will be primarily in seminar format with short lectures. Course requirements include reading reflections, in-class participation, group presentations, and a final project/paper. The intended audience include MDiv and MA/MTS students. This course is taught by PhD student Heeyoung Chung with a Newhall Award, under the supervision of Anh Tran. [Auditors with faculty permission]