Alfred North Whitehead and Yi Yulgok - Toward a Process-Confucian Spirituality in Korea (Paperback)

This book explores the Confucian-Christian dialogue in Korea through a comparative study of the cosmologies of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947), the founder of process philosophy, and Yi Yulgok (1536-1584), the great scholar of Korean Neo-Confucianism. Although their philosophical traditions are different, Yulgok and Whitehead's perspectives on the universe were very similar. This study argues that Whitehead's theory of eternal object-actual entity has affinities with Yulgok's theory of principle-material force. Their two theories, both based on reciprocal dialectical interrelationships, view the world as a cosmos characterized by the process of becoming. Accordingly, Whitehead's panentheistic interpretation of the God-world relationship correlates with Yulgok's Neo-Confucian notion of how the Great Ultimate relates to material force. These two concepts suggest a balanced structure of God and the world and offer insights into encouraging interreligious spirituality in Korea.

General

Imprint:	University Press of America
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2006
First published:	February 2006
Authors:	Chung Soon Lee
Dimensions:	228 x 131 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-0-7618-3357-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > Oriental & Indian philosophy Books > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > Oriental & Indian philosophy
LSN:	0-7618-3357-9
Barcode:	9780761833574

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