In Good Company

The Body and Divinization in Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Sj and Daoist Xiao Yingsou
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-28851-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Reihe: East Asian Comparative Literature and Culture

In Good Company answers a question that has confounded Christian theologians: What is the nature of the body that will enjoy resurrection at the end of time? In this exciting work of comparative theology, Bede Benjamin Bidlack derives a theory of the body from the French Jesuit, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, by putting him in dialogue with the Song Dynasty Daoist Xiao Yingsou. In addition to its contribution to comparative theology, In Good Company offers the first translation of the preface of Xiao’s commentary on the Duren jing in a Western language, as well as a careful explication of the provocative mountain diagram therein. Bidlack presents an original contribution for both scholars of Christian theology and Chinese religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bidlack, Bede Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Fundamentaltheologie, Dogmatik, Christologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Geschichte der Theologie, Einzelne Theologen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION
Teilhard de Chardin
The Mountain Diagram in the Inner Meaning of the Scripture of Salvation
Structure of the Work

CHAPTER ONE: TRYING TO HOLD TOGETHER: BODY/SOUL DUALISM IN CHRISTIAN ANTHROPOLOGY

NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGIES
Paul
The Body in the Gospel of John
PATRISTIC PERIOD
Irenaeus of Lyons
Augustine
MEDIEVAL PERIOD: THOMAS AQUINAS
Enter Aristotelian Metaphysics
The Soul as Actuality
The Body’s Effect on the Soul
MODERN FRANCE
Henri Bergson
Maurice Blondel
CONCLUSION

CHAPTER TWO: THE BODY AND DIVINIZATION IN TEILHARD

PART I: THE APPEARANCE OF THE HUMAN
The Stuff of the Universe
Life Arises
Thought Makes the Human
Christ and Creation
Conclusions about the Body

PART II: DIVINIZATION IN THE DIVINE MILIEU
Divinization of Activities
Divinization of Passivities
Conclusion: The Divine Milieu

PART III: DIVINIZATION IS CENTRATION
Centration: Microcosmic
Centration: Macrocosmic
The Body Beyond Matter

CHAPTER THREE: DAOIST BODY AND DIVINIZATION

PART I: STANDARD BODY MODELS
The Mystical Body
The Microcosmic Body
The Bureaucratic Body
The Divine Residence Body

PART II: ALCHEMY
Historical Background
The Alchemical Body
The Road to Immortality: The Alchemical Process

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER FOUR: THE BODY AND DIVINIZATION OF XIAO YINGSOU

PART I: THE TEXT OF THE PREFACE

Xiao Yingsou
Numinous Treasure Daoism
Scripture of Salvation
Xiao’s Use of Alchemy in the Preface

PART II: MOUNTAINS IN CHINESE RELIGION AND ART

PART III: THE MOUNTAIN DIAGRAM
Comprehensive Features: The Title
Other Comprehensive Features
The Lower Region
The Middle Region
The Upper Region

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER FIVE: GIVING TEILHARD HIS BODY

PART I: THE BODY
Body as Cosmos
Body as Community
Body from the Inside of Things
Body Conclusion: Jesus’ Resurrection Body

PART II: DIVINIZATION
Divinization as Centration
The Use of Mind
Haloing
Divinization Conclusion

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX ONE: TRANSLATION OF THE INNER MEANING OF THE SCRIPTURE OF SALVATION
APPENDIX TWO: ANALYSIS OF THE MOUNTAIN DIAGRAM
Other Elements
GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Über Autor(innen)

Bede Benjamin Bidlack, Ph.D. (2011), Boston College, is Assistant Professor of Theology at Saint Anselm College. He has published in the areas of systematic theology, Christian-Daoist comparative theology, and Daoist studies. This is his first monograph.