Good Is One, Its Manifestations Many

Robert Cummings Neville is Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology and Dean Emeritus of the School of Theology at Boston University. He is the author of many books, including Ultimates, Existence, and Religion, a trilogy advancing a systematic philosophical theology, and Boston Confucianism: Portable Tradition in the Late-Modern World, all published by SUNY Press.

• Preface 1. The Good Is One, Its Manifestations Many Ultimacy and ValueValue in FormEthics2. Contemporary Confucian Cosmopolitanism IntroductionDecision-MakingEngaging OthersAttaining WholenessIdentity and ValueReligion and Ontological PietyConclusion3. Systematic Metaphysics and the Problem of Value Systematic Metaphysics and Scientific ReductionismMetaphysics and Our CivilizationA Contemporary Confucian Theory of Value4. New Projects for Chinese Philosophy Creative First-Order IssuesRe-sorting the CanonGlobal PortabilityCosmogonyCosmologyRitual StudiesRitual and CultureRitual and Politics5. Philosophy’s Fight between Engagement and Distance: A Confucian Resolution Philosophy and the Axial AgePhilosophy as DistancePhilosophy as EngagementPhilosophy in the AcademyConfucians in the Academy: Scholar-OfficialsPhilosophical Cultivation6. William Ernest Hocking: The First Boston Confucian Hocking as a Boston ConfucianZhu Xi, Science, and World PhilosophyZhu Xi’s MetaphysicsZhu Xi and Buddhism ComparedZhu Xi’s Lessons for HockingHocking and Pragmatism7. Cheng Chung-ying as a Constructive Philosopher Cheng’s Contemporary SourcesSpeculative InterpretationInterpretation of Classic TextsSystemPhilosophic Truth over InterpretationCheng’s Challenges8. Wu Kuang-ming as One of Three Stooges One of Three StoogesWu’s DaoismConfucian ScotismComparison: Daoism and Confucianism9. Spiritual Foundations of Chinese Culture IntroductionAn Ecological Model of ReligionReligion and Spirituality DefinedChinese Culture IntactChinese Culture Not Intact10. Selfhood and Value: Pragmatism, Confucianism, and Phenomenology Experiential Frames and PhenomenologyInteractive Experience and Ritual: The Western Contribution of ConfucianismThe Self11. Individuation and Ritual Ritual and XunziIndividuationOthernessRitual Abuse12. Authority in Social Institutions, Accountability, and Credibility Sincerity in AuthorityCommunitarianism versus IndividualismPerceived Credibility and SincerityConditions for Credibility13. Confucianism and Toleration What Is Confucianism?Toleration, In-groups, and Out-groupsToleration and NarrativeToleration and Personal RespectToleration and Harmony: The Ethical Metaphysics of PrincipleSome Confucian Morals of Toleration14. Confucian Humaneness across Social Barriers "Love with Distinctions"Ritual TheoryHumaneness, Ritual, and Otherness15. Confucianism and the Feminist Revolution: Ritual Definition and the Social Construction of Gender Roles IntroductionNature, Society, and PersonsRitualGender Roles and RitualsObservations on TransformationEpilogue Notes Bibliography Index

"The richness of this work makes it essential reading for three audiences in particular: philosophers working in the contemporary Confucian tradition; comparative philosophers, especially those with an interest in Chinese philosophy; and philosophers and theologians with a special interest in Neville's systematic philosophy of religion." — Reading Religion