“Yin-Yang” (阴阳) Interplay: A Renewed Formation Program for the Catholic Seminary in China

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«Yin-Yang» Interplay: A Renewed Formation Program for the Catholic Seminary in China puts the spotlight on the design of a renewed formation program for the Catholic seminary in China. Without any renewed formation, transformation becomes pessimistic in the Chinese Catholic Church (CCC). Though the road marching to spiritual transformation in China is long and winding, «Yin-Yang» Interplay offers those who are interested in laboring in this special vineyard vision a dream, and, more profoundly, hope. Indeed, this hope is based on the analysis of the political and religious background of the CCC and the data collected from twenty-six interviewees, especially the seminarians whose sincere sharing substantiates the author’s academic research and simultaneously opens a window to the world for understanding the CCC. On the foundation of theory and experience, the author suggests a renewed formation program that customizes the special political and religious situations in China. The program integrates traditional Confucianism, modern educational theory, and contemporary Chinese culture in order to foster a seedbed for the clerical formation of the CCC. Cover Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction Purpose and Significance of the Study Purpose of Study Significance of Dissertation Christ and Culture–Political and Religious Confrontation The Separation–Political and Religious Factors Political Factors Religious Factors Household and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association Household in General Household in China Religious Persecution and Seminary Formation: Consequence of the Conflicts between China and the Institutional Vatican Methodology Review of Literature Part One: Chinese Sources Part Two: Theological and Educational Sources Part Three: Dissertations Part Four: Church Documents Synopsis of the Dissertation Chapter Two: Educit Obstetrix–Rebirth of Seminaries after the Cultural Revolution The Tension between Politics and Religion in Comparison with John 18:28-19:16 The First Scene: John 18:28-32 The Second Scene: John 18:33-38a The Third and Fourth Scenes: John 18:38b-40, 19:1-3 The Fifth Scene: John 19:4-7 The Sixth Scene: John 19:8-12 The Seventh Scene: John 19:13-16 Seminary Formation under Political Domination–the Process of Developing the Hidden Curriculum Theological Rigidity Spiritual Desensitization Political Domination as the Hidden Curriculum Rebirth in the Soil of Confucianism Summary Chapter Three: Educat Nutrix–Nurturing Childlike Sagehood in the Chinese Catholic Seminaries Nurturing Sagehood–the Ideals of Education of Confucius and Moran Confucian Concept of Heaven (天, Tian) and Humanity (仁, Ren) Heaven and Humanity in Confucian Philosophy of Education Self-Cultivation to Heaven–the Way to Humanity by Education Childlike Adulthood–Interplay: A Theory of Religion and Education Childlikeness vs Childishness: An Exegesis of Jesus’s and Paul’s Sayings Jesus’s Child (παιδiov) in Mark 9:33-37, 10:15; Luke 9:46-48 Paul’s Child (νηπιος, παιδiα, τεkνα) in 1 Cor 13:11, 14:20; Eph 4-5 1 Cor 13:11, 14:20 (NRSV) Eph 4-5 Childlike Adult or Adultish Child Nurturing Childlike Sagehood in the Chinese Catholic Seminaries Sagehood in Confucianism Sagehood in Christianity: Francis of Assisi as a Model–Humanity is Returning to Ritual by Self-Cultivation (克己复礼为仁) Childlike Adult Education for the Catholic Church in China Childlike Sagehood–the Null Curriculum Summary Chapter Four: Instituit Paedagogus–Seminary Formation under the Essential Tension between Politics and Religion Interview Report of Two Catholic Seminaries (Y and Z) in China (2009-2011) Theological Education Spiritual Formation Ministerial Training Visions of Future Discussion of Interviews Intellectual and Spiritual Formation Community Life Communication Vision of Missio Dei A Response to the Discussion of the Interview Report The Incarnational Model as the Beginning and the End of Seminary Formation–Truly Catholic and Truly Chinese The Incarnational Model Truly Catholic and Truly Chinese A Spiritual Long March–Theological Education for Political and Religious Dialogues Academics of Seminaries Spirituality of Seminaries A School of Formation and Transformation Summary Chapter Five: Docet Magister–Showing How and What a Renewed Seminary Formation Program Should Be Yin-Yang Interplay–Balancing Political Domination and Religious Subordination Interplay of the Null and the Hidden Curricula The Null Curriculum and the Online China Project The Null Curriculum The Online China Project Education of Justice in the Chinese Catholic Seminaries A Tripod Formation Program– Self-Cultivation, the Good Shepherd, and Missio Dei Self-Cultivation The Good Shepherd Missio Dei A Tripod Formation Program–Practical Suggestions Summary Bibliography Chinese Sources Electronic Links