Asian Christianity: A Bibliography of Writings by GTU Faculty
and Students
Judith A. Berling
Berling was the dean of the Graduate Theological Union and is currently
professor of Chinese religions there.
- A Pilgrim in Chinese Culture: Negotiating Religious Diversity.
Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1997.
- "Reflections on Confucian-Christian Dialogue in a Global Context."
In Confucian-Christian Encounters in Historical and Contemporary
Perspective, 473-479. Edited by Peter K. H. Lee. New York:
The Edwin Mellen Press, 1991.
- "The Role of Tradition." Pacific Theological Review
25-26 (1992-1993): 23-26.
Paper presented at the Second International Confucian-Christian
Conference held at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley,
California from 7-11 July 1991. This paper was presented at the
session which dealt with the role of tradition for religious and
cultural identity.
- "Self and Whole in Chuang Tzu." In Individualism and Holism:
Studies in Confucian and Taoist Values, 101-120. Edited by
Donald J. Munro. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, The University
of Michigan, 1985.
- The Syncretic Religion of Lin Chao-en. New York: Columbia
University Press, 1980.
- , ed. With Faith We Can Move Mountains. Berkeley: Asia
Pacific Bridges/Graduate Theological Union, 1996.
Reflection on participation on the GTU(Graduate Theological Union)
Asia Bridges Consultation held in China in October, 1995 which
visited several Protestant and Catholic seminaries throughout
the Peoples' Republic of China.
Bretzke, James T., S.J.
- "The Common Good in a Cross-Cultural Perspective: Insights from
the Confucian Moral Community." In Religion, Ethics &
the Common Good, 83-105. Annual Publication of the College
Theology Society, 41. Edited by James Donahue and Theresa Moser.
Mystic CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1996.
Recent discussion concerning multiculturalism, pluralism, globalization
of ethics and the prospects for a "common morality" all provide
a challenging context for critical ethical reflection on the notions
of the common good as these are found in various cultural and
religious traditions. This article investigates the possibility
of enriching our liberal Western notion of the common good from
a cross-cultural perspective afforded by Confucianism and what
might be called the Confucian notion of the "common good," even
though the precise terminological equivalent is not found in the
Confucian literature or philosophical tradition. An original exposition
of the notion of the common good exegeted from the Confucian canon
is presented and discussed in reference to the Confucian cardinal
virtues, the notion of the chün-tzu (paradigmatic
moral individual); the four cardinal virtues of jen,
yi, li, and chih; an understanding
of community as fiduciary; and the moral force of the notion of
the T'ien-ming or Mandate of Heaven.
Bretzke served as a missionary in Korea, teaching at Sogang University
in Seoul, before doing his doctorate in moral theology at the
Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, at which institution
he taught for three years before joining the faculty of the Jesuit
School of Theology/Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California
where he teaches Christian ethics.
- "Cracking the Code: Minjung Theology as an Expression of the
Holy Spirit in Korea." Pacifica 10 (October 1997): 319-330.
Minjung theology's development Korea as an indigenous theology
of liberation is a genuine response to the Holy Spirit in Asia's
fastest growing Christian population, though not without its problematic
elements and critics. This article reflects on the inculturation
of minjung theology in terms of a five-stage framework suggested
by the Pentecost account in Acts 2:1-42.
- "Cultural Particularity and the Globalization of Ethics in the
Light of Inculturation." Pacifica 9 (1996): 69-86.
Increased interest in the so-called "globalization of ethics"
has led to a number of studies which utilize various hermeneutical
and communicative theories to sketch out viable paradigms for
developing a fundamental Christian ethics as a whole, as well
as its various components such as moral reasoning, which together
would be capable of entering into and maintaining such discourse.
The accent of most of these studies falls on the universalizability
of ethical discourse and scant attention has been given to the
cultural particularity of each and every ethos and ethical
system. This article briefly rehearses the principal elements
of the concerns raised by the globalization of ethics and then
focuses on the particularity of culture using insights
from both cultural anthropology and inculturation. The Confucian
context of Korea is employed to illustrate some of the issues
raised by greater attention to cultural particularity.
- "Moi Aussi [So Am I]: A Jesuit Reflection on the Catholic
Church in China Today." In With Faith We Can Move Mountains,
65-74. Edited by Judith A. Berling. Berkeley: Asia Pacific Bridges/Graduate
Theological Union, 1996.
Reflection on participation on the GTU(Graduate Theological Union)
Asia Bridges Consultation held in China in October, 1995 which
visited several Protestant and Catholic seminaries throughout
the Peoples' Republic of China.
- "Minjung Theology and Inculturation in the Context of the History
of Christianity in Korea." East Asian Pastoral Review
28 (1991): 108-130.
Discusses the Korean version of liberation theology, minjung
theology, in the historical context of the development of Christianity
in the Korean Peninsula.
- The Notion of Moral Community in the Analects of Confucius
and Matthew's Sermon on the Mount: A Hermeneutical Approach for
the Inculturation of Moral Theology in Korea. Excerpta ex
dissertatione ad Doctoratum in Facultate Theologiae Pontificiae
Universitatis Gregorianae. Rome: Pontifical Gregorian Press, 1989.
Focuses on how the notion of moral community appears in a Christian--Confucian
milieu, as a possible point of articulating an inculturated moral
theology in a Confucian society such as Korea. The theme of the
moral community is analyzed in the Analects of Confucius
and Matthew's Sermon on the Mount, and points of divergence and
convergence are highlighted. Finally, ethical applications from
this Confucian--Christian perspective are made in reference to
two issues in contemporary Korea: the Korean Farmers' Movement
and the problem of the reunification of the Korean Peninsula.
- Dissertation done under Jacques Dupuis, S.J.
- "The Notion of Sincerity (Ch'eng) in The Confucian
Classics." With Luke Jong Hyeok Sim, S.J. Journal of Chinese
Philosophy 21 (1994): 179-212.
Discusses the concept of Sincerity (Ch'eng)
in the Great Learning and Doctrine of the Mean
in relation to moral cultivation in Confucian philosophy.
Sim is a professor of theology and spirituality at Sogang University
in Seoul and Dean of its Graduate School of Religious Studies.
- "The Tao of Confucian Virtue Ethics." International
Philosophical Quarterly 35 (1995): 25-41.
Investigates the key aspects of the Confucian virtue ethics in
relation to the notions of the chün-tzu (Superior
Person), the Five Relationships of society, the particular Confucian
virtues of jen (benevolence) and li (propriety),
the moral vision of the tao (Way), and the understanding
of the t'ien-ming (Mandate of Heaven). The thesis of
the article is that the moral matrix provided by the web of social
relationships is what allows the Confucian ethics of virtue to
function well.
- "The Three Bonds and Five Relationships: A Korean Root Paradigm."
Inculturation 5 (Summer, 1990): 16-18.
Discusses the possibility of identifying the Confucian Three Bonds
and Five Relationships as a cultural root paradigm in Korean society.
Chae, Eunhee
Chae is currently a doctoral student in the Graduate Theological
Union in Berkeley, CA.
- "The Role of Religious Belief in the Pre-modern Yi Korea (1392-1910):
A Study of Confucianism and Catholicism." Thesis (M.A.)--Pacific
School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, 1991.
Chuck, James
Chuck is Professor of Theology and Church Ministries at the American
Baptist Seminary of the West.
- An Exploratory Study of the Growth of Chinese Protestant
Congregations from 1950 to Mid-1996 in Five Bay Area Counties:
San Francisco, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Alameda, and Santa Clara.
A Research Report of the Bay Area Chinese Churches Research Project.
Berkeley: American Baptist Seminary of the West, 1996.
Doi, Joanne, M.M.
Doi is a doctoral student in Interdisciplinary Studies (Theological
Ethics, Ethnic Studies, Ritual Studies) with a particular focus
on Japanese American Catholics during the period of detention/internment
in the U.S. during World War II.
- "Dance of a Thousand Cranes: A Legacy of Suffering and Hope
from the Maryknoll Japanese American Catholic Community." M.A.
Thesis, Pacific School of Religion, 1997.
Matsuoka, Fumitaka
Matsuoka is Academic Dean of the Pacific School of Religion, Graduate
Theological Union, Berkeley, CA.
- "Christianity in Japan: An Observation." International Review
of Mission (1971).
- "Churches and Seminaries in China: A Personal Reflection." In
With Faith We Can Move Mountains. Edited by Judith A.
Berling. Berkeley: Asia Pacific Bridges/Graduate Theological Union,
1996.
Reflection on participation on the GTU(Graduate Theological Union)
Asia Bridges Consultation held in China in October, 1995 which
visited several Protestant and Catholic seminaries throughout
the Peoples' Republic of China.
- "The Christology of Shusaku Endo." Theology Today (1982).
- The Color of Faith: Building Community in a Multiracial
Society. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1998.
- "Compassionate & Tenacious : Asian Shaping of Christian
Thought." Paper presented to the Pacific Coast Theological Society,
1985.
A copy of this paper is available in the Graduate Theological
Union (GTU) Library.
- Out of Silence: Emerging Themes in Asian American Churches.
Cleveland: United Church Press, 1995.
- "Response to Ohki Hideo and Kuribayashi Teruo's Writings."
Japan Christian Review 58 (1992).
Moon, Cyris Hee Suk
Moon is professor of Old Testament at San Francisco Theological
Seminary in San Anselmo, California (member school of the Graduate
Theological Union).
- "Culture in the Bible and the Culture of the Minjung." Ecumenical
Review 39 (1987): 180-186.
One of several articles in this issue dealing with Christianity
and culture.
- "A Korean Minjung Perspective: The Hebrews and the Exodus."
In Voices from the Margin: Interpreting the Bible in the Third
World, 241-255. Edited by R. Sugirtharajah. Maryknoll: Orbis
Press, 1991.
Originally found in Moon's A Korean Minjung Theology: An Old
Testament Perspective.
- A Korean Minjung Theology: An Old Testament Perspective.
Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1985.
Reviewed by Peter Kochalumkal in Journal of Dharma 15
(1990): 85-86; and by Olaf H. Schumann in Zeitschrift für
Mission 15 (1989): 55-57.
- "Minjung Theology." Ching Feng 26 (1983): 48-51.
- "An Old Testament Understanding of Minjung." Chapter 7 in Minjung
Theology: People as the Subjects of History, 123-137. Edited
by the Commission on Theological Concerns of the Christian Conference
of Asia (CTC-CCA). Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1983.
Pak, Young Mi Angela
Pak is a doctoral student at the Graduate Theological Union in
Berkeley, California.
- "Faith as an Autobiographical Strategy: Understanding the Lives
of Two Korean Christian Immigrant Women." Journal of Asian
and Asian American Theology 2 (1997): 37-50.
Richey, Jeffrey L.
At this writing Richey is a doctoral student in cultural and historical
study of religions at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley,
California.
- "Catholicity and Culture in China: Anglican Ideology and the
Sheng Kung Hui." Anglican and Episcopal History
67 (1998): 191-211.
Sheng Kung Hui is the Chinese for "Holy Catholic Church."
One of a series of article in this issue devoted to the presence
of the Anglican Church in China.
Song, Choan-Seng
Song is Professor of Theology and Asian Cultures at the Pacific
School of Religion in Berkeley, California.
- "An Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Culture and Its Implications
for the Task of Theology." South East Asia Journal of Theology
(April, 1963): 21-22.
- The Believing Heart: An Invitation to Story Theology.
Minneapolis: Augsburg Press, 1999.
- "Building a Theological Culture of People." Asia Journal
of Theology 1 (October, 1987): 273-291.
Also found in An Emerging Theology in World Perspective: Commentary
on Korean Minjung Theology, 119-134. Edited by Jung Young
Lee. Mystic CT: Twenty-third Publications, 1988.
One of several reflections on minjung theology by various theologians
from around the world.
- Christian Mission in Reconstruction: An Asian Analysis.
Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1977.
- The Compassionate God. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1982.
- Jesus, The Crucified People. New York: Crossroads,
1990.
Volume I of Song's three-volume work on Christology.
- Jesus and the Reign of God. Minneapolis: Fortress Press,
1993.
Volume II of Song's three-volume work on Christology.
- Jesus in the Power of the Spirit. Minneapolis: Fortress
Press, 1994.
Volume III of Song's three-volume work on Christology.
- "New Frontiers of Theology in Asia." Ching Feng 22
(1979): 1-28.
- The Tears of Lady Meng: A Parable of People's Political
Theology. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1982.
- Tell Us Our Names: Story Theology from an Asian Perspective.
Maryknoll: Orbis, 1984.
- Theology from the Womb of Asia. Maryknoll: Orbis Books,
1986.
- Third-Eye Theology: Theology in Formation in Asian Settings.
Maryknoll: Orbis, 1979.
Tizon, Al
Tizon is a doctoral student in Inter-Disciplinary Studies at the
GTU.
- "Identity Crisis: Reflections of a Filipino-American in the
Philippines." Patmos 13 (3/1998): 14-15.
- "Team-Building in a Cross-Cultural Context." In Leadership
and Team Building. Edited by Roger Heuser. Matthews, NC:
Christian Ministry Resources, 1999
Wickeri, Philip L.
- Wickeri, who taught at the Tao Fong Shan Ecumenical Centre in
Hong Kong, and is currently professor of world religion at San
Francisco Theological Seminary (a member school of the Graduate
Theological Union), reviews four works on Asian theology, all
published by Orbis Books (Maryknoll, NY): Parig Digan's Churches
in Contestation: Asian Christian Social Protest, (1984);
Tissa Balasuriya's Planetary Theology ( 1984); Minjung
Theology: People as Subjects of History, CCA, ed., (1984),
and C.S. Song's Tell Us Our Names: Story Theology from an
Asian Perspective, (1984).
- Asian Theologies in Review." Theology Today 41 (1985):
458-462.
- "Making Connections: Christianity and Culture in the Sino-American
Dialogue." Chinese Theological Review 11 (2/1997): 54-70.
- Seeking the Common Ground: Protestant Christianity, the
Three-Self Movement and China's United Front. Maryknoll:
Orbis Books, 1988.
Originally a doctoral thesis done at Princeton Theological Seminary
in 1984.
- "Theological reorientation in Chinese Protestantism, 1949-1984."
Ching Feng 28 (1985): 36-62; 105-129.
Overview of the development of theology within Chinese Protestantism
between 1949--1984.
- "Zhao Fusan Visits the Interchurch Center." China Notes
17 (Spring, 1979): 69-70.
Wickeri, Philip and Lois Cole, eds.
- Christianity & Modernization: A Chinese Debate.
Hong Kong: DAGA Press, 1995.
Wire, Antoinette
Wire was born in China of missionary parents, and is Professor
of New Testament at San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate
Theological Union.
- "Chinese Biblical Interpretation Since Mid-Century." Biblical
Interpretation 4 (1996): 101-123. With responses by Chenfang
Lo and Kwok Pui-Lan, 124-129.
- "Li, Eusebeia, Torah: A Response to Towner and Yeo." Jian
Dao: A Journal of Bible and Theology (1996): 143-147.
- "Songs of China's Rural Churches." In With Faith We Can
Move Mountains, 51-62. Edited by Judith A. Berling. Berkeley:
Asia Pacific Bridges/Graduate Theological Union, 1996.
Reflection on participation on the GTU(Graduate Theological Union)
Asia Bridges Consultation held in China in October, 1995 which
visited several Protestant and Catholic seminaries throughout
the Peoples' Republic of China.
Compiled by James T. Bretzke, July 1999
Last updated May 30, 2001
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