Table of Contents

Introduction - The Relationship at the Centre of Confucian Thinking and Christian Ethics; The Origin of Xunzi's Secular Father-Son Relationship; Sources and Background of the Pauline Divine Father-Son Relationship; Classification of the Father-Son Relationship; The Pauline Ethical Divine Father-Son Relationship; Xunzi's Ethical Father-Son Relationship; Ethical Issues Concerning the Father-Son Relationship; Conclusion; Glossary; Index.

About the Author

Yanxia Zhao (PhD) is a Teaching Fellow in Chinese Studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter. Her teaching areas include Chinese culture, philosophy and religion. She has published a number of books in Chinese and is working on philosophical implications of traditional Chinese ethics.

Reviews

"Zhao gives a very good reading of Xunzi's main concepts, peppered with short textual references that illuminate a thinker who is too often overlooked or dismissed in favor of others in the Confucian pantheon. Though the focus of the study is on a comparison of Xunzi and Paul, Zhao also brings in Confucius and other key Chinese figures, so the reader gets a clearer understanding of Xunzi within that philosophical tradition. . . . Her close analysis of each is well done and will do much to advance both the project of comparative theology and Chinese philosophy in dialogue with Christianity." --Journal of Chinese Religions