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SPIRIT, QI, A ND THE MULTITUDE comparative theology: thinking across traditions Loye Ashton and John J. Thatamanil, Series Editors Th is series invites books that engage in constructive comparative theological refl ection that draws from the resources of more than one religious tradition. It off ers a venue for constructive thinkers, from a variety of religious traditions (or thinkers belonging to more than one), who seek to advance theology understood as “deep learning” across religious traditions. SPIR IT, QI, AND THE MULTITUDE A Comparative Theology for the Democracy of Creation hyo- dong lee Ford ham University Press new york 2014 Copyr ight © 2014 Fordham University Press All rig hts reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the pu blisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lee, Hyo-Dong. Spirit, Qi, and the Multitude : a comparative theology for the democracy of creation / Hyo-Dong Lee. pages cm — (Comparative theology: thinking across traditions) Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “A comparative theological and philosophical analysis of the concept of spirit in the West and the concept of qi (ch’i) in East Asia in regard to their respective and mutually illuminating potentials for sustaining a pluralistic and democratic metaphysical vision of the cosmos” — Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-8232-5501-6 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-8232-5502-3 (paper) 1. Qi (Chinese philosophy) 2. Philosophy, Korean. 3. Philosophy, Chinese. 4. Spirit. 5. Philosophy, Modern. 6. Cosmology. I. Title. B127.C49L4 2014 181'.11—dc23 2013014386 Printed in the United States of America 16 15 1 4 5 4 3 2 1 First e dition for Younhee and Saehan CONTENTS P reface xi Prologue: A Meeting of Two Stories 1 Introducti on: A Decolonizing Asian Th eology of Spirit as a Comparative Th eology of Spirit-Qi 15 1 Th e Psy chophysical Energy of the Way in Daoist Th ought 42 2 Th e Psy chophysical Energy of the Great Ultimate: A Neo-Confucian Adventure of the Idea in Zhu Xi 62 3 Creativ ity and a Democracy of Fellow Creatures: Th e Challenge of Whitehead’s Radical Ontological Pluralism 83 4 Th e Gre at Ultimate as Primordial Manyone: Th e Promise and Peril of Toegye’s Neo-Confucian “Heterodoxy” 106 5 From th e Divine Idea to the Concrete Unity of the Spirit: Hegel’s Shapes of Freedom and the Domination of Nature 122 6 Pattern and Psychophysical Energy Are Equally Actual: Th e Empathetic Plurisingularity of the Great Ultimate in Nongmun’s Th ought 142 7 Th e Cha os mos and the Great Ultimate: A Neo-Confucian Trinity in Conversation with Deleuze and Keller 174 8 Th e Dem o cracy of Numinous Spirits: Th e Panentheism of “Subaltern” Ultimate Energy in Donghak 211 x Contents Epilogue: Th e Spiri t-Qi of the Multitude under the Cross of Empire 245 Notes 257 Bibliograp hy 335 Index 353

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