To Broaden the Way: A Confucian-Jewish DialogueTo Broaden the Way suggests that the texts of both the Jewish and Confucian tradition talk in riddles of a special kind: riddles, which are introduced - and answered - by religious forms of life. Using a "dialogue of riddles," Galia Patt-Shamir presents a comparative perspective of Confucianism and Judaism regarding the relatedness between contradictory expressions in texts and living conflicts. The Confucian riddle is characterized here as a mystery to be deciphered by self-reflection, under the assumptions of a harmonious community, and a unity of being. The Jewish riddle is characterized as a test to be responded to, under the assumption of a disharmonious community, and a necessary rapture in reality. This book expands the dialogue between traditions, and offers both a method and an implication of the question, "what is religion about?" |
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... nature has bad in it ( yetzer hara ) and defines human nature in a du- alistic way , as a compound of conflicting tendencies formed in creation , re- alized from youth in a desire for bad . Early Confucian thought basically defines ...
... nature has bad in it ( yetzer hara ) and defines human nature in a du- alistic way , as a compound of conflicting tendencies formed in creation , re- alized from youth in a desire for bad . Early Confucian thought basically defines ...
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... nature ; basically order and nature can be considered one , while mandate is the pure endowment that may be shaped by order to the ac- tual nature . In dealing with each he tries to resolve the conflict that is not addressed by Zhou ...
... nature ; basically order and nature can be considered one , while mandate is the pure endowment that may be shaped by order to the ac- tual nature . In dealing with each he tries to resolve the conflict that is not addressed by Zhou ...
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... nature . Able to give its full development to his own nature , he can do the same to the nature of other men ... He can assist the transformation and nourishing powers of Heaven and Earth . . . . He may with Heaven and Earth form a ...
... nature . Able to give its full development to his own nature , he can do the same to the nature of other men ... He can assist the transformation and nourishing powers of Heaven and Earth . . . . He may with Heaven and Earth form a ...
Contents
Biblical Themes | 43 |
From Understanding Texts | 63 |
Dealing With | 109 |
Copyright | |
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