| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Daoist culture from a Christian perspective -- Dao and the kingdom of God -- Jesus and the sage -- Freedom in Zhuangzi and the New Testament -- Mind-fasting and unknowing -- Immortality and egalitarianism -- The gourd of small Penglai -- Daoism and Christianity in Korean folk piety |
| Summary |
The Gourd and the Cross goes back to an actual dialogue, first published in Korean in 2003. Reflecting highly personal understanding and exploration, it correlates Dao and the reign of God, compares Jesus and the sage of the Daode jing, and matches ideas of freedom in the Zhuangzi and the New Testament. It also establishes a dialogue between Daoist mind-fasting and Christian unknowing, examines concepts of Eastern immortality versus Western egalitarianism, and discusses visions of nature and humanity in the two religions, both traditionally and in terms of modern ecology. It concludes with an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Subject |
Christianity and other religions -- Taoism.
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Taoism -- Relations -- Christianity.
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Christianity.
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Interfaith relations.
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Taoism.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014025925 |
| ISBN |
9781387209224 |
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1387209221 |
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