Abstract
AbstractA tradition is comprised of discourses that seek to instruct communities of people on the correct forms and purposes of given practices. Through the social processes of constructing and transmitting shared meanings, Confucian and Christian traditions establish and sustain their own communities of faith, identification, and interpretation. Four observations of Confucian and Christian traditions are noted: (1) there is a plurality of Confucian and Christian traditions; (2) both traditions are based on and find legitimacy in their respective canonical texts; (3) Confucian traditions tend to be more religiously untethered whereas Christian traditions tend to be more religiously tethered; and (4) the comparison between Confucian and Christian traditions in this book is not of their truth claims but of how their respective adherents (re)interpret, appropriate, and apply the teachings in their lives.KeywordsCanonCommunities of faithCommunities of identificationCommunities of interpretationConfucianismChristianityCultureFaithReligionSpiritualityTraditionWorldview
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