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The Magnificat: Read From its Sources
No full textThe Marian prayer in the Lukan Infancy Narrative, the Magnificat, remains always a source of exegetical investigation, theological reflection, as well as spiritual meditation. Its strong Old Testament background has long been recognized by scholars. For nearly every sentence of the prayer, parallels from various parts of OT can be identified. However, it is exactly this diversity of possible references that prevents a consensus among scholars as to the major source that may serve as the hermeneutical key to the Magnificat. In an attempt to deal with the issue, this paper reviews and re-evaluates the textual relationships between the OT passages that have been suggested as parallels and the Marian prayer. These are the Song of Hannah (1 Sam 2:1-10), sentences from the Psalms, the prophetic corpus, the Pentateuch, the Sapiential Literature, and 1 Chronicles 16. The study suggests that all the texts reviewed may well have contributed to the formation of the Magnificat. Especially the notion of ταπείνωσις and the theme of the “change of fortune,” central to the Marian prayer, are present in these passages. This study shows that the different traditions that form OT contribute to the formulation of the Magnificat in their own way, and thus are indispensable for its interpretatio
Mary, Mother of Jesus and First Disciple: a Re-reading
No full textThe article offers a re-reading of biblical accounts on Mary in the Gospels and in Acts with consideration of the theological perspectives of the gospel writers’ way of presenting Mary’s role as mother of Jesus and disciple. Biblical scholarship has established a strong case that the evangelists are drawing the readers' attention away from Mary's blood relationship with Jesus and more towards her bonds of discipleship and faith. This signals a reinterpretation of the symbol of Mary’s motherhood for our time and for particular cultures so that women and men may find in it a meaning that they can re-appropriate for themselves
道德领导力的特质：: 一带一路的“八次对话”
Full text linkThe exercise of moral leadership within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is not merely a theoretical study. Rather, the exercise of moral leadership is something that happens, and thus can be described. What would good moral leadership look like? This paper examines the writing of eight personalities along the BRI to identify some of the attributes of moral leadership. The attributes identified here are reciprocity, good governance, transparency, ethical credibility, respect, integrity, humanity, and trust. The eight personalities come from a variety of occupations, and from Asia and Europe. This survey is limited, yet it provides a useful beginning for wider examination.建设“一带一路”，践行道德领导力不应只停留在理论层面，事实恰恰相反，道德领导力的实践已经展开，且已经取得一定进展。卓越的道德领导力应该是什么样呢？本文通过分析八位来自“一带一路”沿线国家人物的相关看法，对道德领导力的特质进行了阐释，其中包括：互惠互利、良善治理、透明公开、诚实守信、互相尊重、公正正直、人道主义和值得信赖。这八位研究对象有的来自亚洲，有的来自欧洲，职业各不相同。本研究的样本数量尚不全面，但却可以为后续更全面的研究起到抛砖引玉的作用
欧洲价值论的转型与矛盾探究
Full text linkAxiologyAbstractThis article is an attempt to analyse the transformations and antinomies of European culture from the perspective of values. I focus on the aspects that allow us to understand the differences and convergences between European and Chinese culture. I analyse some of the axiological changes that took place after the Enlightenment, which led to the successes of Western civilization, but also have become the source of the crisis of the identity of Europe and Europeans. As the most important change, I indicate the emergence of modernist conceptions that emphasize the need for progress and reject the value of tradition. I also discuss the difficulties in the concept of the individual, created in the Enlightenment and developed by liberalism. I point to new directions of axiological research carried out by European philosophers, which can be a bridge between our culture and Chinese culture. In this perspective, I analyse the possibilities of enriching both cultures, by acknowledging the values that they cherish, and indicating the dangers that they can avoid. In this perspective, I highlight the advantages of the existential personalism, represented by K.Wojtyla and J. Tischner, who emphasized the role of community and family relations in the integral development of human being.本文尝试从价值观的角度分析欧洲文化的转型与矛盾。我的关注焦点是有助于了解欧中文化异同的方面。我对欧洲启蒙运动后一些价值观的演变进行了分析，这是西方文明成功的起点，也是欧洲和欧洲人认同危机的根源。其中最为重要的转变，我认为是现代主义思想的出现：强调社会进步的需要，拒绝传统的价值。我还对启蒙运动中产生并由自由主义发扬光大的个体概念存在的问题进行了论述。我指出欧洲哲学家们价值论研究开辟的一些新的方向，可以成为欧洲和中国文化交流的桥梁。从这个角度出发，通过明确欧中文化珍视的价值并指明两者能够避免的危险，我对丰富两种文化的可能性进行了分析。在此，我特别强调了以卡罗尔·华迪卡（K.Wojtyla）和约瑟夫·蒂什纳（J.Tischner）为代表的存在主义人格主义的优势，他们强调社区和家庭关系在人的全面发展中的作用
“一带一路”倡议：: 在陷阱和希望之间找到通往新人文学研究之路
Full text linkWhen we look at the sheer size and multiple dimensions of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its related projects we may often wonder how it is possible to come to grips with such a complex beast: Six new land corridors of the “Road” and the Maritime “Belt” throughout the seas, with new spaces around the globe getting more and more connected with each other. Beyond the vast expanses, what could turn out truly as innovative when the BRI was launched in 2013 is the call for reciprocity, peace and cooperation, mutual learning and mutual benefit within it.看到“一带一路”倡议（BRI）及其相关项目的庞大规模和多重维度，我们常常会想，如何才能应对如此复杂的问题：通过“一路”的六大全新陆上经济走廊以及穿海而过的海上“一带”的联结，全球各地间的相互联系愈发紧密。在广阔的领域之外，2013年“一带一路”倡议提出以来，真正具有创新意义的是其中倡导的互惠、和平合作、互学互鉴、互利共赢
1582至1644年耶稣会士绘画在中国的发展：: 文化与精神交流的案例研究
Full text linkThis paper explores artistic, cultural, devotional and spiritual aspects of the first period of Jesuit painting in China from 1582 to 1644. This time span corresponds to the last years of the Ming Dynasty. Jesuit painting continued a Christian legacy dating from the 7th-8th centuries. However, Jesuit painting differed from previous Christian painting in China because of its strategic role in missionary activity. The Jesuits envisaged a strategy to approach both the emperor and potential patrons, taking advantage of the curiosity and openness a Chinese audience might feel for Christian painting. The strong Chinese influence shown by Jesuit painting must be further linked to the missionary strategy that accepted and worked with elements of the culture and the spirituality of the local audience. Its prototypes were mainly European. These paintings would be commissioned to Chinese and other Asian artists, such as Japanese painters. The circulation of Mexican paintings in China from 1578 may explain some similarities between the paintings of these two distant geographic areas. Eventually, Chinese painting would be influenced by European art.本文对1582至1644年耶稣会士绘画在中国发展的第一个阶段在艺术、文化、信仰和精神等方面的影响进行了研究。这个时间跨度正是中国的明朝末年。耶稣会士的绘画使基督教始于七、八世纪的传统得以继续。但是，耶稣会士的绘画由于其在传教活动中的战略地位而不同于先前在中国的基督教绘画。耶稣会士设想了一个策略，利用中国受众会对基督教绘画感到的好奇心和开放心理，接近皇帝和潜在的赞助人。耶稣会士绘画表明的强大中国影响，必须进一步与传教活动的策略相联系，即接受并结合当地受众的文化和精神元素进行传教。其原型主要来自欧洲。这些画作可委托给中国或日本等其他亚洲地区艺术家创作。1578年开始墨西哥绘画在中国流行，可以解释地理上相距遥远的两个地区在绘画上的某些相似之处。最终，中国绘画会被欧洲艺术所影响
书评：耶稣会士安东尼奥·斯帕达罗（编辑），2019年。: 《中国的教会：谱写未来》（克罗赛维亚）（意大利版）。米兰：Ancora Editrice出版社。
Full text linkABSTRACTLa Chiesa in Cina features six essays by Jesuits involved in the company’s mission in and for China, plus official texts of the agreement between the Vatican and the government of the People’s Republic of China regarding the appointment of Catholic bishops in China, and Pope Francis’ message to Chinese Catholics and the Universal Church explaining the agreement (22 September 2018). It also contains a Preface by the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Antonio Spadaro’s editorial introduction. Given the expertise of the Jesuit contributors—Spadaro is editor of La Civiltà Cattolica, the prestigious and historic Jesuit review in Rome—and the official statements presented in this volume, it stands as the essential point of departure for any realistic analysis of what the Catholic Church hopes to accomplish with this agreement. The book is written in Italian, so one may hope that a Chinese and/or English translation of it may soon become available.《中国的教会》（La Chiesa in Cina）收录了耶稣会士关于其在中国及为中国传教的六篇文章，以及梵蒂冈与中华人民共和国政府关于在中国的主教任命的临时性——删去协议的正式文本和教宗方济各致中国天主教徒与普世教会（Universal Church）关于该协议（2018年9月22日）的说明函。另外，该书包括梵蒂冈国务秘书、枢机主教彼得罗·保林（Pietro Parolin）执笔的序言和安东尼奥·斯帕达罗（Antonio Spadaro）的编者按。 鉴于耶稣会撰稿者的专业身份——斯帕达罗是罗马著名的重要耶稣会评论《天主教文明》（La Civiltà Cattolica）的编辑——以及本书中发表的官方声明，它成为对天主教会希望通过该协定达到的目标进行现实分析的基本出发点。本书用意大利语撰写，所以人们可能希望其中文和/或英文译本能很快面世
Marian Piety and Ecumenical Convergence: Challenges and Opportunities
No full textIn the Catholic world, the year 2017 is marked by the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Apparitions of Mary in Fátima, Portugal. Although the field of the devotional and popular Marian piety might be a field of misunderstandings and fuel to feed prejudice on how different Christians relate with each other, namely on the understanding of Mary, it should be taken as a pastoral opportunity and an ecumenical challenge. This paper looks into the different Roman Catholic documents that since the Vatican II presents Mary’s role in the history of salvation and her place in the church and how they denote an ecumenical dimension and concern. Following it proposes to analyze the declarations on Mary of the North-American Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission, the French Dombes Group and the Anglo-Roman Catholic International Commission. These ecumenical consensuses express a reception from Vatican II’s contribution on Mary, and manifesting a more positive tone regarding the popular Marian piety and devotions; they challenge all the Christians from the pastoral and ecumenical point of view
电影中英雄人物的叙事分析: 作为当代中国道德教育的一种有前景的方法
Full text linkAbstractThe importance of narrative for character formation and moral development is well understood especially in the field of Christian ethics, which reflects upon the morality presented and developed in Biblical narrative. This paper will explore the potential that narrative analysis has for understanding films and their ethical significance generally, thus opening up the possibility for exploring contemporary Chinese films in particular. It will outline the theory of narrative analysis, and its applications, particularly in the field of ethics and adult moral education, highlighting the significance of empathy and its cultivation through experiential learning, thus demonstrating the potential role of visual media in exploring the basic questions of morality, both personal and social. In subsequent essays, I hope to show how narrative analysis can enhance our understanding of the traditions of Confucian ethics. The purpose of this project is to prepare responsible leaders for the complexities of the current global economy, by exploring a useful dimension for programs and seminars focused on ethics training and adult moral education.叙事对人物塑造和道德发展的重要性是广为人知的，特别是在基督教伦理学领域，它反映在圣经叙事所呈现和揭示的道德上。本文将从总体上探讨叙事分析对理解电影及其伦理意义的潜力，从而尤其为探索当代中国电影提供可能性。它将概述叙事分析理论及其应用，特别是在伦理学和成人道德教育领域，突出移情及通过体验式学习培养移情的重要性，从而展示视觉媒体在探讨社会和个人道德基本问题方面的潜在作用。在随后的文章中，我希望展示叙事分析如何增进我们对儒家伦理传统的理解。该项目旨在通过探索聚焦道德规范培训和成人道德教育的项目及论坛的有用维度，为负责任的领导者应对当前全球经济的复杂性做好准备