Huang, Yong2019-09-252019-09-252017-09-1420130009-4668http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/166544There is a scholarly consensus that a theology of pre-Confucius Confucianism can be distinguished, especially in the Xia and Shang dynasties, whereas it is debatable whether there is a theology in the classical Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius. For neo-Confucianism, it is agreed that there is only metaphysics but no theology. Focusing on the neo-Confucian brothers Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, I argue that, instead of regarding the divinity in Confucianism as some thing, some entity, or some substance that acts and gives birth to everything in the universe, the Confucian God is the activity, the life-giving activity (sheng 生), and the creativity manifest in the world. Such a theology may be unfamiliar to us, but I shall propose that it has a surprising resemblance to the contemporary (neo-)Christian theology developed by Gordon Kaufman.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderCheng, Hao, 1032-1085Cheng, Yi, 1033-1107Kaufman, Gordon D, 1925-CreativityChristianity and ConfucianismNeo-ConfucianismMetaphysicsGod (Chinese religion)Theology -- 1900-Intercultural and contextual theologiesAsian theologiesComparative religion and interreligious dialogueChristian-ConfucianArticle