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008			130531s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2013014386
020			_a9780823255016 (hardback)
020			_a9780823255023 (paper)
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100	1		_aLee, Hyo-Dong.
245	1	0	_aSpirit, Qi, and the Multitude : _ba comparative theology for the democracy of creation / _cHyo-Dong Lee.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bFordham University Press, _c2014
300			_axiii, 362 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aComparative theology: thinking across traditions
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 335-352) and index.
520			_a"We live in an increasingly global, interconnected, and interdependent world, in which various forms of systemic imbalance in power have given birth to a growing demand for genuine pluralism and democracy. As befits a world so interconnected, this book presents a comparative theological and philosophical attempt to construct new underpinnings for the idea of democracy by bringing the Western concept of spirit into dialogue with the East Asian nondualistic and nonhierarchical notion of qi. The book follows the historical adventures of the idea of qi through some of its Confucian and Daoist textual histories in East Asia, mainly Laozi, Zhu Xi, Toegye, Nongmun, and Su-un, and compares them with analogous conceptualizations of the ultimate creative and spiritual power found in the intellectual constellations of Western and/or Christian thought namely, Whitehead's Creativity, Hegel's Geist, Deleuze's chaosmos, and Catherine Keller's Tehom. The book adds to the growing body of pneumatocentric (Spirit-centered), panentheistic Christian theologies that emphasize God's liberating, equalizing, and pluralizing immanence in the cosmos. Furthermore, it injects into the theological and philosophical dialogue between the West and Confucian and Daoist East Asia, which has heretofore been dominated by the American pragmatist and process traditions, a fresh voice shaped by Hegelian, postmodern, and postcolonial thought. This enriches the ways in which the pluralistic and democratic implications of the notion of qi may be articulated. In addition, by offering a valuable introduction to some representative Korean thinkers who are largely unknown to Western scholars, the book advances the study of East Asia and Neo-Confucianism in particular. Last but not least, the book provides a model of Asian contextual theology that draws on the religious and philosophical resources of East Asia to offer a vision of pluralism and democracy. A reader interested in the conversation between the East and West in light of the global reality of political oppression, economic exploitation, and cultural marginalization will find this book informative, engaging, and enlightening"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"A comparative theological and philosophical analysis of the concept of spirit in the West and the concept of qi (ch'i) in East Asia in regard to their respective and mutually illuminating potentials for sustaining a pluralistic and democratic metaphysical vision of the cosmos"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aQi (Chinese philosophy)
650		0	_aPhilosophy, Korean.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, Chinese.
650		0	_aSpirit.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, Modern.
650		0	_aCosmology.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Comparative Religion. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPHILOSOPHY / General. _2bisacsh
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