A Dialogue Between Haizi's Poetry and the Gospel of Luke

Chinese Homecoming and the Relationship with Jesus Christ
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-36129-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 492 g

Reihe: Theology and Mission in World Christianity

In A Dialogue between Haizi’s Poetry and the Gospel of Luke Xiaoli Yang offers a conversation between the Chinese soul-searching found in Haizi’s (1964–1989) poetry and the gospel of Jesus Christ through Luke’s testimony. It creates a unique contextual poetic lens that appreciates a generation of the Chinese homecoming journey through Haizi’s poetry, and explores its relationship with Jesus Christ. As the dialogical journey, it names four stages of homecoming—roots, vision, journey and arrival. By taking an interdisciplinary approach—literary study, inter-cultural dialogue and comparative theology, Xiaoli Yang convincingly demonstrates that the common language between the poet Haizi and the Lukan Jesus provides a crucial and rich source of data for an ongoing table conversation between culture and faith.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yang, Xiaoli

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Missionswissenschaft, Missionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations

Introduction

1 Haizi: The Poet Who Never ‘Dies’
Introduction
Definitions and Limitations
Two Decades of Research on Haizi (1989–2016)
Methodology
Personal Perspectives
Summary

Part 1: Roots
2 Haizi: Beyond Homelessness
Introduction
Creation Myth
Songs of the Homeland
Summary
3 Jesus: Quest for Home
Introduction
The Roots of Humanity
The Identity
A Home Beyond Borders
The Homeless Homeland
Summary

Part 2: Vision
4 Haizi: Returning Home—Chinese Huijia
Introduction
A Cultural Premise—The Etymology
Xiangchou
The Movement towards Homecoming
The Ethics of Home
Summary
5 Jesus: the Hospitality of God
Introduction
Casting the Vision
Table Fellowship
Summary

Part 3: Journey
6 Haizi: Seeking a Home
Introduction
Poetic Adoption from the Greeks
Learning from the Quest of Modern Movements
Returning Home—Hui
Summary
7 Jesus: Embodying the Kingdom
Introduction
The Movement of the Journey
The Way of the Cross
The Way of Brokenness
Summary

Part 4: Arrival
8 Haizi: The Death of a Poet
Introduction
The Task of a Poet
Songs of Death
Self-Surrender
Summary
9 Jesus: Passion to Embrace
Introduction
The Radical Openness of God
The Radical Vulnerability of God
Summary
Conclusion
Afterword
Appendices

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Xiaoli Yang, Ph.D. (2016), University of Divinity, Australia, is Postdoctoral Associate and Adjunct Lecturer at Whitley College of that university. She is a pastor, mentor and poet. She has published journal articles, book chapters and bilingual poetry for both academic and general readers.