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A charming dissident: Hans Küng and China
The Swiss theologian and co-author Julia Ching shared a bitterness about the injustice they suffered from the Church
A Chinese boy walks through the aisle during a Mass at a Catholic church in a village near Beijing on Holy Saturday, April 3. (Photo: Jade Gao/AFP)
Hans Küng, the great contemporary theologian and intellectual who died on April 6, paid significant attention to China and Chinese religions.
The thoughts of the Swiss theologian had a clear progression from the particular to the universal. Starting from the theme of justification, which gained for him the esteem of Karl Barth, the giant of 20th-century Protestant theology, Küng became interested in the themes of the Church, particularly papal infallibility, certainly a significant problem in ecumenical dialogue.
OPINION / VIEWPOINT
By Robert Lawrence Kuhn Published: Apr 07, 2021 06:41 PM
File photo taken on April 15, 1971 shows Chinese table tennis player Yang Ruihua (L) shaking hands with US athlete Dick Miles prior to a friendship match, who had met each other since the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships, in Shanghai, East China. Photo: Xinhua The 50th anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy between China and the US arrives at an apt moment for reflection. Consider the parallels between then and now. Then, as now, there was little trust, even hostility. Public opinion in each country was almost entirely negative toward the other country. Media on each side streamed calumny and unnuanced criticism.