“Eco-Dao: an Ecological Theology of Dao”

In continuation of his first lecture, Dr. Heup Young Kim, Distinguished Asian Theologian in Residence at GTU, will explain fundamental insights for his formulation of ecological theology of the Dao (namely, Ecodao), as an application of Theodao in this age of ecological crisis and technology. In and through an in-depth dialogue with Confucianism and Daoism, this lecture will focus on Neo-Confucian notions of anthropocosmic vision, the Great Ultimate (Taiji with yin-yang relation), vital force (qi, homologous to ruach and pneuma), and inclusive humanism. It will further illuminate remarkable similarities between Eco-Dao and the papal encyclical Laudato si’.