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The Beauty of Balance - A Theological Inquiry into Paradox (Paperback)
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The Beauty of Balance - A Theological Inquiry into Paradox (Paperback)
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These essays examine the significance of balance between the
opposites in order to understand God and the world. The author
argues that opposites-the subject and object, mind and nature, good
and evil, truth and falsehood-are not separated from each other but
interdependent in the relational paradigm. Each cannot exist
without the other. Creative advancement is achieved by their
dynamic tensions. The paradoxical relationship between the
opposites is not posited in the mechanistic model in which
opposites are recognized as separate entities and thereby
antagonists; rather, they are dialectical and creative in the
organic model. Based on this organic model, the relationship
between God and the world is not hierarchical but interdependent.
In the organic model, God is not described simply as a transcendent
reality in a dualistic structure of God and the world. God reveals
God-self in harmonious order and pattern as the ultimate principle
formed in the world. In other words, God reveals God-self in the
relative contexts of the opposites good and evil, true and false.
Unlike Aristotle's Law of Contrast, God is both A (transcendent)
and -A (immanent), which is the basic logic of the organic model.
In this context, God is different from eternal reality such as
Plato's Idea or the transcendent God developed in the Western
tradition. In this text, the author explores how the complex of
divine reality entails the dialogue of differences in a
constructive way, using inter-religious dialogue and
religion-nature dialogue as examples. The author also brings the
theme of paradox into his discussion to connect the West with the
East and explore how it can be a positive method of understanding
God and the world in the organic model, which can in turn be a key
to the understanding of the common good.
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