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Alfred North Whitehead and Yi Yulgok: Toward a Process-Confucian Spirituality in Korea

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: University Press of America
  • 15.1 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

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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.
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  • Title

    Alfred North Whitehead and Yi Yulgok: Toward a Process-Confucian Spirituality in Korea

  • Author

    Chung Soon Lee

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    University Press of America

  • Published

    February 2006

  • Weight

    305g

  • Dimensions

    15.1 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780761833574

  • ISBN-10

    0761833579

  • Eden Code

    5580392

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