Pacifism, Coercion, and Progress: Y. T. Wu’s Acceptance and Rejection of Reinhold Niebuhr’s Christian Realism

As one of the most influential and controversial Christian leaders in contemporary China, Y. T. Wu was deeply indebted to Reinhold Niebuhr. This article focuses on Wu’s application of Niebuhr’s thoughts and compares the two thinkers. It notes their similarities and differences on issues including pa...

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主要作者: Huang, Luping (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: Sage Publ. [2020]
In: Theology today
Year: 2020, 卷: 77, 發布: 3, Pages: 255-268
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBM Asia
NBE Anthropology
NCD Political ethics
Further subjects:B Justice
B Human Nature
B Pacifism
B Sin
B Coercion
B 社會福音運動
在線閱讀: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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總結:As one of the most influential and controversial Christian leaders in contemporary China, Y. T. Wu was deeply indebted to Reinhold Niebuhr. This article focuses on Wu’s application of Niebuhr’s thoughts and compares the two thinkers. It notes their similarities and differences on issues including pacifism, human nature, and social transformation. The article analyzes the many outcomes that occurred from the collision of their ideas. Such efforts aim to get a grip on the undertones of Wu’s thinking and expand the understanding of contextualization of Niebuhr’s theology in China.
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040573620947059