{"product_id":"balthasar-in-light-of-early-joshua-r-brown-9780268107093","title":"Balthasar in Light of Early Confucianism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this original study, Joshua Brown seeks to demonstrate the fruitfulness of Chinese philosophy for Christian theology by using Confucianism to reread, reassess, and ultimately expand the Christology of the twentieth-century Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar. Taking up the critically important Confucian idea of \u003ci\u003exiao \u003c\/i\u003e(filial piety), Brown argues that this concept can be used to engage anew Balthasar's treatment of the doctrine of Christ's filial obedience, thus leading us to new Christological insights. To this end, Brown first offers in-depth studies of the early Confucian idea of \u003ci\u003exiao \u003c\/i\u003eand of Balthasar's Christology on their own terms and in their own contexts. He then proposes that Confucianism affirms certain aspects of Balthasar's insights into Christ's filial obedience. Brown also shows how the Confucian understanding of \u003ci\u003exiao \u003c\/i\u003eprovides reasons to criticize some of Balthasar's controversial claims, such as his account of intra-Trinitarian obedience. Ultimately, by rereading Balthasar's Christology through the lens of \u003ci\u003exiao\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBalthasar in Light of Early Confucianism\u003c\/i\u003e employs Confucian and Balthasarian resources to push the Christological conversation forward. Students and scholars of systematic theology, theologically educated readers interested in the encounter between Christianity and Chinese culture, and comparative theologians will all want to read this exceptional book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua R. Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268107092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268107093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Joshua R. Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941565956351,"sku":"9780268107093","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_439a95f5-2fec-4a6d-999f-447794fb9bd8.jpg?v=1681453658","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/balthasar-in-light-of-early-joshua-r-brown-9780268107093","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}