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

Bit-Shing Abraham Chiu

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Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York

Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated

American University Studies VII: Theology and Religion, 2014

American university studies, vol. 333, New York, 2014

American university studies / 7, New York, NY, 2014

United States, United States of America

New edition, 2014-10-23

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Cover 1
Table of Contents 9
Preface 13
Acknowledgments 15
Chapter One: Introduction 17
Purpose and Significance of the Study 17
Purpose of Study 17
Significance of Dissertation 18
Christ and Culture–Political and Religious Confrontation 20
The Separation–Political and Religious Factors 20
Political Factors 22
Religious Factors 25
Household and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association 27
Household in General 27
Household in China 28
Religious Persecution and Seminary Formation: Consequence of the Conflicts between China and the Institutional Vatican 30
Methodology 34
Review of Literature 35
Part One: Chinese Sources 35
Part Two: Theological and Educational Sources 37
Part Three: Dissertations 39
Part Four: Church Documents 40
Synopsis of the Dissertation 41
Chapter Two: Educit Obstetrix–Rebirth of Seminaries after the Cultural Revolution 43
The Tension between Politics and Religion in Comparison with John 18:28-19:16 43
The First Scene: John 18:28-32 46
The Second Scene: John 18:33-38a 46
The Third and Fourth Scenes: John 18:38b-40, 19:1-3 47
The Fifth Scene: John 19:4-7 47
The Sixth Scene: John 19:8-12 48
The Seventh Scene: John 19:13-16 48
Seminary Formation under Political Domination–the Process of Developing the Hidden Curriculum 50
Theological Rigidity 51
Spiritual Desensitization 52
Political Domination as the Hidden Curriculum 53
Rebirth in the Soil of Confucianism 59
Summary 62
Chapter Three: Educat Nutrix–Nurturing Childlike Sagehood in the Chinese Catholic Seminaries 65
Nurturing Sagehood–the Ideals of Education of Confucius and Moran 65
Confucian Concept of Heaven (天, Tian) and Humanity (仁, Ren) 65
Heaven and Humanity in Confucian Philosophy of Education 67
Self-Cultivation to Heaven–the Way to Humanity by Education 69
Childlike Adulthood–Interplay: A Theory of Religion and Education 71
Childlikeness vs Childishness: An Exegesis of Jesus’s and Paul’s Sayings 72
Jesus’s Child (παιδiov) in Mark 9:33-37, 10:15; Luke 9:46-48 72
Paul’s Child (νηπιος, παιδiα, τεkνα) in 1 Cor 13:11, 14:20; Eph 4-5 73
1 Cor 13:11, 14:20 (NRSV) 73
Eph 4-5 73
Childlike Adult or Adultish Child 73
Nurturing Childlike Sagehood in the Chinese Catholic Seminaries 75
Sagehood in Confucianism 75
Sagehood in Christianity: Francis of Assisi as a Model–Humanity is Returning to Ritual by Self-Cultivation (克己复礼为仁) 77
Childlike Adult Education for the Catholic Church in China 80
Childlike Sagehood–the Null Curriculum 82
Summary 84
Chapter Four: Instituit Paedagogus–Seminary Formation under the Essential Tension between Politics and Religion 87
Interview Report of Two Catholic Seminaries (Y and Z) in China (2009-2011) 87
Theological Education 88
Spiritual Formation 89
Ministerial Training 91
Visions of Future 92
Discussion of Interviews 93
Intellectual and Spiritual Formation 94
Community Life 95
Communication 97
Vision of Missio Dei 97
A Response to the Discussion of the Interview Report 99
The Incarnational Model as the Beginning and the End of Seminary Formation–Truly Catholic and Truly Chinese 100
The Incarnational Model 100
Truly Catholic and Truly Chinese 103
A Spiritual Long March–Theological Education for Political and Religious Dialogues 104
Academics of Seminaries 105
Spirituality of Seminaries 106
A School of Formation and Transformation 107
Summary 108
Chapter Five: Docet Magister–Showing How and What a Renewed Seminary Formation Program Should Be 111
Yin-Yang Interplay–Balancing Political Domination and Religious Subordination 111
Interplay of the Null and the Hidden Curricula 111
The Null Curriculum and the Online China Project 113
The Null Curriculum 113
The Online China Project 115
Education of Justice in the Chinese Catholic Seminaries 119
A Tripod Formation Program– Self-Cultivation, the Good Shepherd, and Missio Dei 122
Self-Cultivation 123
The Good Shepherd 125
Missio Dei 126
A Tripod Formation Program–Practical Suggestions 128
Summary 131
Bibliography 133
Chinese Sources 153
Electronic Links 154

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