商品簡介
Chiu presents readers with an interest in Catholicism, the Chinese Catholic Church, and contemporary Chinese political and religious issues with an argument regarding the reunification of the Chinese Catholic Church with the Vatican. The author’s argument is centered on the question of the Vatican’s political relationship with Taiwan and is presented in four sections, focused on an historical analysis of the rift between China and the Vatican, tensions between the Chinese Catholic Church, the Vatican, and the Chinese government, and the basic differences between Confucian thought and Christianity. Bit-shing Abraham Chiu is a theology teacher and seminar conductor working within the Chinese Catholic Church. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
作者簡介
Bit-Shing Abraham Chiu has been serving the Chinese Catholic Church by teaching theology in major seminaries and conducting retreats in various dioceses since 1996. He earned his doctoral degree of ministry from Episcopal Divinity School, Boston, where he was awarded the best paper prize. He earned his Ph.D. degree from the School of Religious Education, Fordham University, New York. His enriched teaching experience and quality academic formation foster the creation of this book.