The Christian concept of the afterlife in the early modern
missions to East Asia

k 2021

The Christian concept of the afterlife in the early modern missions to East Asia

PAZDÍREK, Ondřej a Michal SCHWARZ

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Christian concept of the afterlife in the early modern missions to East Asia

Autoři

PAZDÍREK, Ondřej (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí) a Michal SCHWARZ (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Fourteenth Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology - Death and Migration in World Mythology (online, USA). 23-27 August, 2021. 2021

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60202 Specific languages

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00119162

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova česky

křesťanské misie; Vietnam;Korea; překlad bible; život po smrti ;asijská náboženství; etnické skupiny; Bahnarové; vietnamština; korejština

Klíčová slova anglicky

Christiam missions; Vietnam; Korea; Bible translation; afterlife; Asian religions; ethnic groups; Bahnars; Vietnamese; Korean

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 10. 3. 2022 08:28, Mgr. et Mgr. Stanislav Hasil

Anotace

V originále

The Christian (or, more specifically, Catholic) idea of the afterlife strongly differs from the indigenous religious traditions of East Asia. Christianity stresses the personal immortality of the soul and considers the post-mortal existence to be either an eternal reward or an eternal punishment for one’s actions during life. Furthermore, the Catholic doctrine of the communion of saints teaches that the living and the deceased remain connected to an extent: those in Heaven intercede for the living and the living pray for the souls in Purgatory. In the main religious traditions of East Asia, the idea of the afterlife either takes the form of reincarnation or is hardly considered at all due to a high degree of individual variations even within one tribe (as shown in the case of partly christianized Bahnars). At the same time, the continuing spiritual presence of the deceased ancestors is emphasized and ceremonially venerated. This difference was a major obstacle to the early modern missionary activities of the Catholic Church in the region (for example, those of Matteo Ricci in China and Alexandre de Rhodes in what is now Vietnam). Eventually, it became one of the causes of the bitter controversy over Chinese rites. The purpose of our contribution was to show how the Christian views on the afterlife were presented and defended by the early missionaries, opposed by the Confucian polemicists, and gradually incorporated into the East Asian religious traditions.

Návaznosti

GA19-07619S, projekt VaV

Název: Mongolské rituální rukopisy v české sbírce: jejich edice, historie a středoasijské kořeny

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Mongolské rituální rukopisy v české sbírce - jejich edice, historie a středoasijské kořeny

Citovat

PAZDÍREK, Ondřej a Michal SCHWARZ. The Christian concept of the afterlife in the early modern missions to East Asia. In Fourteenth Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology - Death and Migration in World Mythology (online, USA). 23-27 August, 2021. 2021.

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PAZDÍREK, Ondřej a Michal SCHWARZ. The Christian concept of the afterlife in the early modern missions to East Asia. In \textit{Fourteenth Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology - Death and Migration in World Mythology (online, USA). 23-27 August, 2021.}. 2021.

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