Addressing the Needham Question from a Theological Perspective: Toward a Chinese Theology of Holistic Wisdom
Christian theology in general, and Chinese theology in particular, has remained reticent toward the Needham Question originally posed by Joseph Needham in the 1930s. After a brief survey of the Christian response to the theory of evolution introduced into China in 1898, I address the Needham Questio...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2022
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Year: 2022, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 299-321 |
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pneumatological
B human spirit B Holy Spirit B Chinese theology B holistic wisdom B Taoism B Chi B Intuition B Needham Question B Creativity |
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| Summary: | Christian theology in general, and Chinese theology in particular, has remained reticent toward the Needham Question originally posed by Joseph Needham in the 1930s. After a brief survey of the Christian response to the theory of evolution introduced into China in 1898, I address the Needham Question from a theological perspective. Then, building on Jürgen Moltmann's trinitarian proposal, which places science and theology on the common life plane of wisdom, I propose a pneumatological-trinitarian Chinese theology of science by integrating the natural wisdom and the revealed wisdom, the Chinese wisdom and the wisdom of other cultures. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12787 |