良心と福音 : 誠によるインカルチュレーション

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• Conscience, ryoshin in Japanese, is innately engraved in the core of the human person. It essentially invites us to do good and avoid evil. In the Japanese context, we can see that conscience is largely derived from Christianity and ryoshin from Confucianism. Though the two terms donot correspond exactly, ryoshin basically represents what conscience means. However, ryoshin is something more deeply rooted in human nature than conscience. In other words, ryoshin is regarded as a human disposition which transcends the merely intellectual faculty. We can find the possibility of an inculturation of Christianity in Japan in and through ryoshin. In other words, we can embody the fundamental message of Christianity by a careful comparative study of Christianity and ryoshin. Ryoshin is almost equivalent to life, in the sense that ryoshin is the compass by which we can live humanly. Living according to ryoshin is treasuring life as Jesus taught us. Makoto , which is one of the distinctive embodiments of ryoshin, has three aspects : sincerity, reality, and integrity. We can find them in Jesus' life in a supereminent way. On the other hand, in the tradition of the West, Scripture is the book of life. By knowing the spirit of Scripture, and by appreciating ryoshin more deeply, we can find a way for Christianity to be more fully accepted and understood in Japan. For a fuller examination we take four steps. First, we discuss how conscience is articulated in the Western tradition by using Scripture, and how it is understood in the writings of Thomas Aquinas. Second, we examine the notion of conscience or liang hsin/ryoshin as it is understood in the Confucian heritage. We then turn our attention to the West again. We consider how conscience has been understood since the Second Vatican Council, especially by using the contribution of Josef Fuchs to the renewal of moral theology. Finally, we speculate about how the above considerations might contribute to an understanding of ryoshin in modern Japanese society. We propose not only a new understanding of ryoshin, but also an inculturation of Christianity into Japanese culture or society by using the above understanding of ryoshin.

• 上智大学の論文
• 2003-08-01

著者

• 竹内 修一

  上智大学神学部

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