TY - BOOK AU - Park,Jungsoo TI - CONFUCIAN QUESTIONS TO AUGUSTINE: IS MY CULTIVATION OF SELF YOUR CARE OF THE SOUL? SN - 1532654065 AV - BJ1289.3 U1 - 170.951 23 PY - 2020/// CY - [Place of publication not identified] PB - RESOURCE PUBLICATIONS KW - Augustine, KW - Confucian ethics KW - Confucianism KW - Relations KW - Christianity KW - Morale confucéenne KW - fast KW - Interfaith relations N2 - In Confucian Questions to Augustine, Park compares the works of Confucius and Mencius with those of Saint Augustine. His purpose in so doing is to show Confucian Augustinianism as a new theological perspective on Confucian-Christian ethics and Augustinianism by discovering analogies and differences in their respective understandings of the formation of moral self, particularly the acquisition of virtue, and how they believe this leads to happiness. Using the method of inter-textual reasoning, and assuming continuity between Augustine's early and later works, he compares Confucius and Mencius's xue, si, li, and yue with Augustine's moral learning, contemplation, sacrament, and music, respectively. Confucian Augustinianism shows how to enjoy God, follow Jesus, and live in the Holy Spirit UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2580467 ER -