What is it about?
This is a comparison of God and the Dao with the intention of expanding a theology of God. It settles on two areas with regards to God and the Dao: cosmogony and soteriology.
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Why is it important?
The differences highlight that the Dao is ever-changing in a never-ending universe, but God is an unchanging Supreme Being in a world that will end in the world’s fulfillment at the end of time. Soteriology emphasizes that Ultimate Concern must be enfleshed in order to save. The manner of salvation in Daoism is Lord Lao teaching the Celestial Master to align the chosen people with the flow of the Dao. The means of salvation in Christianity is Jesus ransoming humanity from slavery to sin, teaching the Kingdom of God, and revealing Godself. The study draws the conclusion that Daoism solicits a renewed emphasis on sacramental theology with a deeper understanding of God as Love. God as Love may be the most needed theological resource for the twenty-first century.
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This experimental comparison may be a chapter in a longer book project focused on the figures of Jesus and Lord Lao as mouthpieces of God and Dao respectively.
Dr Bede Bidlack
Saint Anselm College
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This page is a summary of: Love in Creation: A Theology of God After Daoism, The Society of Theology and Thought, June 2017, The Society of Theology and Thought,
DOI: 10.21731/chat.2017.79.12.
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