An International Conference on Confucianism & Catholicism: Reinvigorating the Dialogue

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An International Conference on Confucianism & Catholicism: Reinvigorating the Dialogue

March 4-5, 2016, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Mortara Center Conference Room, 3600 N Street, NW

Conference Program

FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2016

9:00-10:45: Plenary Session I: The Jesuits and Confucianism

“The Aristotelian Concept of Substance Introduced by Early Jesuit Missionaries to China and its Problems in Encountering Confucianism”

Speaker: Vincent Shen, University of Toronto

            Response: Michael Slater, Georgetown University

11:00-11:50: Jesuit Spirituality and Confucianism

“Reimagining Confucianism with Ignatius of Loyola”

            Speaker: Erin M. Cline, Georgetown University

12:00-1:45: Lunch Break

2:00-3:45: Confucianism & Catholicism in Japan

“The Tiber Flows into the Sumida: The Fear of Catholicism and the Decline of Confucianism in Tokugawa Japan”

Speaker: William Farge, S.J., Loyola University-New Orelans

“Confucianism and Catholicism in Mid-Twentieth Century Japan”

Speaker: Kevin Doak, Georgetown University

3:40-4:00: Break

4:00-5:45: Natural Law and Chinese Confucianism

“Natural Law and Heaven’s Mandate: Rival Norms for the Common Good”

Speaker: May Sim, College of the Holy Cross

“Natural Law and Virtue in Mencius and Aquinas”

Speaker: Richard Kim, St. Louis University

SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2016

9:00-10:45: Plenary Session II

Speaker: Lee Yearley, Stanford University

Response: Philip J. Ivanhoe, City University of Hong Kong

11:00-11:50: Conversations Between Confucians and Catholics

“Exemplar Reasoning as a Tool for Constructive Conversation between Confucians and Catholics”

            Speaker: Victoria Harrison, Glasgow University

12:00-1:45: Lunch Break

2:00-3:45: Catholic Theology & Chinese Confucian Thought

“Mengzi, Xunzi, and John Chrysostom on Childhood Education”

Speaker: Xueying Wang, Valparaiso University

“‘The Gate of Heaven Has Been Opened’: Chinese Catholic Conceptions of Heaven’s Activity in the Late Ming”

Speaker: Stephanie Wong, Georgetown University

3:45-4:00: Break

4:00-4:50: Korean Confucianism

“The Zhongyong through a Theistic Lens: Tasan Chong Yagyong’s Thoughts on Living a Moral Life”

Speaker: Donald Baker, University of British Columbia

5:00-5:45: Closing Remarks

Speaker: Philip J. Ivanhoe, City University of Hong Kong

List of Speakers:

-Lee H. Yearley (plenary speaker), Walter Y. Evans-Wentz Professor of Oriental Philosophy,

Religions, and Ethics, Stanford University

-Vincent Shen (plenary speaker), Lee Chair in Chinese Thought and Culture, Univ. of

Toronto

-Donald Baker, Professor of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia

-Erin Cline, Associate Professor of Theology, Georgetown University

-Kevin Doak, Professor of East Asian Languages & Cultures, Georgetown University

-William Farge, SJ, Associate Professor of Languages & Cultures, Loyola Univ. New Orleans

-Victoria Harrison, Reader in Philosophy, Glasgow University

-Philip J. Ivanhoe, Chair Professor, City University of Hong Kong

-Richard Kim, Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Louis University

-May Sim, Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross

-Michael Slater, Assistant Professor of Theology, Georgetown University

-Xueying Wang, Lilly Fellow, Valparaiso University

-Stephanie M. Wong, Ph.D. student in Theological and Religious Studies, Georgetown University

This conference is jointly sponsored by the Office of the VP for Global Engagement, the Department of Theology, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, the Department of Philosophy, the Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, the Office of Mission & Ministry, the Department of History, and the Asian Studies Program.

Requests for accommodations related to a disability should be made by Friday, Feb. 26 to Nelise Jeffrey at (202) 687-5846 or nj294@georgetown.edu. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests.

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