In the Rubble of War, A Little Flower: How Thérèse Conquered the Oriental Heart of John C. H. Wu
This paper narrates the conversion story of the Chinese statesman and scholar John C. H. Wu at the beginning of the Second World War in Asia. Wu’s conversion to Catholicism was the culmination of a public intellectual’s struggle for peace and harmony in the violent and disturbing decades of the new...
| Published in: | Mission studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Mission studies
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| Further subjects: | B
Chinese humanism
B John C. H. Wu B Chinese Religions B evangelization of China |
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| Summary: | This paper narrates the conversion story of the Chinese statesman and scholar John C. H. Wu at the beginning of the Second World War in Asia. Wu’s conversion to Catholicism was the culmination of a public intellectual’s struggle for peace and harmony in the violent and disturbing decades of the new Republic. Wu represented a Chinese humanist school of thought that desired some form of meaningful synthesis and integration between Chinese culture and western modernity for the salvation and reconstruction of their country. Though his political hopes were shattered by the war, he found inspiration through an encounter with Thérèse of Lisieux, who showed him the possibility of peace and reconciliation between East and West, between tradition and modernity, and between Chinese and Christian religions. 本文讲述了第二次世界大战开始时中国法学家和学者吴经熊在亚洲的信仰故事。 吴的归信天主教是他作为公共知识分子在新共和国暴力和动荡的几十年中为和平与和谐而努力奋起的顶峰。 吴代表了中国人文主义思想流派，希望在中国传统文化和西方现代性之间进行某种形式的有意义的综合和整合，以拯救和重建他们的国家。 尽管他的政治希望因战争而破灭，但他在与利雪的德兰 (Thérèse of Lisieux) 的相遇中找到了灵感，后者向他展示了东西方、传统与现代、中国与基督教之间和平与和解的可能性。 |
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| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341908 |