Enoch Wan. The intension in writing this paper is to improve communication between Chinese and America scholars, and to enhance mutual understanding between Chinese and American researchers. A secondary purpose is to conduct a comparative study (sections III and IV) of Sino-American cognitive and theological pattern with the intension to propose alternative to traditional way of the West.
The thesis of this paper is that relationship is foundational in Christian faith and practice, and a prerequisite to systematic and practical theology (sections V and VI).
If there is a maxim to this paper, it is “ ‘I AM’ therefore i am” ontologically
(i.e. relational realism paradigm) and, ’I know therefore (in light of) ‘I AM’ ” is
essential epistemologically (i.e. relational theological paradigm). (See Figures
9, 10, 11)
Relational Realism for Christian Ministry 關係論與基督教事工 