Diane Obenchain

Moral Triumph

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“A Chinese philosopher by training, and joining with this heritage the life and thought of preeminent Dutch public theologian Abraham Kuyper, interpreted through the invigorating lens of Princeton Theological Seminary's Max Stackhouse and other notable reformers, Dr. Zhibin Xie brings his one-of-a-kind, cross-cultural learning to address the challenge of offering the gifts of Christian faith into today's vast transformation of China's 5,000-year-old ways of living. From exploring what vocabulary to engage and what methods to employ to articulating well-defined proposals for Christian contributions to Chinese public life, Dr. Xie skillfully reviews important Chinese and Western scholarship as he calls his readers to focus on the moral life of the Chinese people: its charitable roots and its institutional reconstruction today. Connecting with Chinese Christian theology's best--when it attends to the daily well-being of the people--Dr. Xie's analyses, critiques, and positive recommendations, interweaving Confucian and reformed Christian themes, provide indispensable reading and necessary guidance for the next generation, who must stand on the shoulders of those who have come before to view with yet greater precision China's still-emerging new 'public square.' Moral Triumph illumines a clear path forward!”