Five Issues on Confucian-Christian Dialogue

Abstract

Based on professor Tian Wei’s masterpiece, Christianity and Confucianism: Two Models of Religious Existential Ethics, five issues on Confucian-Dialogue are especially discussed in this article: “Christian concept of God and Confucian concept of Heaven's Mandate" involves discussions on theology and anthropology, “Christian doctrine of original sin and Confucian doctrine of innate goodness, “Christian doctrine of salvation through God’s grace and Confucian doctrine of self-cultivation through human effort" involves discussions on soteriology and ethics, “Christian concept of divine love and Confucian concept of benevolence" still fundamentally involves soteriology and ethics, and “Christian hope of eternal life and Confucian pursuit of immortality" fundamentally involves eschatology.