理论和处境:汉语基督教伦理研究的基本思路探究

本文探究汉语基督教伦理研究的基本思路问题,特别关注具体处境中基督教价值的公共意义问题,论文包括:第一部分,考察1980年以来汉语基督教伦理研究的主要内容,总体上看,其中包括两大方面:一是对基本伦理概念(比如人性、爱的观念)及其与中国传统思想相关观念进行比照的研究,二是实践和具体社会处境的角度,包括从基督教角度对于中国基督徒的道德生活以及全球和本土范围的社会公共问题的研究；第二部分依据相关的基督教伦理研究成果,参照中国思想资源和当代社会的道德议题,反思汉语基督教研究的处境性问题并寻求重新阐释某些基督教教义的可能性.研究采用基督教伦理研究中的实在的和处境化的进路,将之放在一个特定的文化和社会背景下并考虑到其具体和当下的条件来展开对基督教伦理思想的论述.

Theory and Context:A Study in Methodology of Studies of Sino-Christian Ethics

The branch of studies of Christian ethics has been a rich part of Sino-Christian theology in terms of its research contents and outputs.This paper studies the methodology of studies of Christian ethics in the Chinese context with special attention the public significance of Christian values in the concrete contexts.My study contains two parts.The first part is to examine studies of Christian ethics in China since the 1980s,which includes two aspects in general:one is studies of basic ethical concepts such as the doctrines of human nature and of love and their comparison with relevant ideas from traditional Chinese thought and the other is the practical aspect including studies of the moral life of Chinese Christian and studies of social and public issues at global and local level(such as economic and ecological issues,political issues,the issue of global ethic,etc.) from Christian perspectives.Deriving from the achievements of studies of Christian ethics in China,the second part gives some reflections on the contextual character of this branch,in seeking to reinterpret the meaning of Christian ethical doctrines such as love and vocation with reference to Chinese thought,the life experience of Chinese and contemporary moral issues.This study will follow the concrete and contextual approach to Christian ethics,which is unfolded in the concrete and present conditions of a specific cultural and societal setting like in China.