A series of lectures were held in late April to explore the relationship between Martin Luther and the Third Enlightenment.
From April 26 to 30, Paulos Huang, the director and distinguished professor of the Sino-European Center of Shanghai University, gave ten lectures with the theme of "Martin Luther and the Third Enlightenment."
Co-organized by the Shanghai Library Lecture Center and the Sino-European Center of Shanghai University, the serial lectures were held virtually and in-person at the same time for the limited number of participants due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The organizer introduced that, first of all, Luther was not only a religious reformer, but also a reformer of philosophical theory, ideological culture, and social practice. However, in the Chinese language circle, especially in the study of philosophy and history of thought, Luther had been seriously ignored, so there were obvious misunderstandings in the introduction and understanding of Western learning. Secondly, Huang proposed the new concept of "the Third Enlightenment," which is to be carried out in the Chinese language community after the first enlightenment movement of the May Fourth New Culture Movement started in 1919 and the second one after China’s reform and opening up in 1978.
The Third Enlightenment, advocated by Huang, aimed to deal with "modernity", "Westernization" and "Chinese characteristics" in the "globalization warning" as the core, and to explore the relationship between Sinology and Western learning, and to reflect on how China and the world face the future challenges ahead. The role of the intellectual tradition represented by Martin Luther in The Third Enlightenment would be crucial, he added.
The ten lecture topics were respectively "Martin Luther and the Third Enlightenment", "Luther and Soul Care", "Luther and Reason", "Luther and the Paradox", "Luther and Liberalism", "Luther and Conservatism", "Luther and the Unity of Man and Nature (or God) ", "Luther and the Law", "Luther and Philosophy" and "Luther and Humanism."
In the first lecture, Professor Huang shared the contribution of Martin Luther and present-day restudy of the significance of Martin Luther for the Third Enlightenment in Chinese-speaking communities. He said in the face of the third transformation in the humanistic academic history of China, combining Luther and the third enlightenment, it was necessary to explore the relationship between modernity, Westernization, Chinese characteristics, and universal truth.
Huang, a double Ph.D. holder in East Asian Studies and Western Intellectual Tradition at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Sino-Western Studies and Brill Yearbook of Chinese Theology, focuses on Chinese studies, Sino-Christian Academic Theology, dialogue between Chinese studies and Western studies in the light of globalization, the world's finest Finnish education, and translation of Martin Luther's works.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
2021年4月26-30日，“马丁·路德与第三次启蒙”系列讲座举行，旨在探索马丁·路德与第三次启蒙之间的关系。
此次活动是由上海图书馆讲座中心，上海大学中欧人文研究与交流中心共同举办，由上海大学中欧人文研究与交流中心主任特聘博导教授黄保罗为此次讲座的主讲人。
本次系列讲座，共分五天十场。因疫情原因，实地参加人数有限，故同时开设网上直播环节，邀请有兴趣的学术研究者参加或旁听。
主办方介绍说，首先，路德不仅是宗教改革家，而且是哲学理论、思想文化和社会实践的改革家;但汉语学界特别是哲学和思想史研究中，对路德严重忽略，以至于对西学引介和理解上都存在着明显误区。其次，“第三次 启蒙”是主讲者提出的一个新概念， 意指在1919年开启的五四新文化第一次启蒙运动和1978年改革开放继续的第二次启蒙运动之后，汉语学界现在需要进行第三次启蒙。
黄教授所倡导的第三次启蒙，旨在以处理“全球化预警”中的“现代性”、“西方性”和“中国特色性”为核心，探讨国学与西学之间的关系，对中国与世界如何面对未来挑战而思索。而马丁·路德所代表的的思想传统在第三次启蒙中将扮演的角色则至关重要。
十场讲座主题分别为《马丁·路德与第三次启蒙》、《马丁·路德与灵魂关怀》、《马丁·路德与理性》、《马丁·路德与悖论》、《马丁·路德与自由主义》、《马丁·路德与保守主义》、《马丁·路德与天（/神）人合一》、《马丁·路德与法律》、《马丁·路德与哲学》和《马丁·路德与人文主义》。
在首场讲座中，黄教授提纲挈领地分享了马丁路德的贡献以及今天重新研究马丁路德对于汉语学界第三次启蒙的意义：“面对中国人文学术史第三次转型，结合路德和第三次启蒙，有必要探讨现代性、西方性、中国特色性、普世真理性之间的关系。”
黄保罗也是芬兰赫尔辛基大学东亚学和西方思想史双博士，日本东京大学东洋文化研究所博士后，International Journal of Sino-Western Studies(国学与西学国际)和Brill Yearbook of Chinese Theology 主编。主要研究领域为大国学、汉语学术神 学、全球化视野下的国学与西学对话、全球第一的芬兰教育、 马丁.路德著作翻译。
“马丁·路德与第三次启蒙”系列讲座在上海图书馆举行
A series of lectures were held in late April to explore the relationship between Martin Luther and the Third Enlightenment.
From April 26 to 30, Paulos Huang, the director and distinguished professor of the Sino-European Center of Shanghai University, gave ten lectures with the theme of "Martin Luther and the Third Enlightenment."
Co-organized by the Shanghai Library Lecture Center and the Sino-European Center of Shanghai University, the serial lectures were held virtually and in-person at the same time for the limited number of participants due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The organizer introduced that, first of all, Luther was not only a religious reformer, but also a reformer of philosophical theory, ideological culture, and social practice. However, in the Chinese language circle, especially in the study of philosophy and history of thought, Luther had been seriously ignored, so there were obvious misunderstandings in the introduction and understanding of Western learning. Secondly, Huang proposed the new concept of "the Third Enlightenment," which is to be carried out in the Chinese language community after the first enlightenment movement of the May Fourth New Culture Movement started in 1919 and the second one after China’s reform and opening up in 1978.
The Third Enlightenment, advocated by Huang, aimed to deal with "modernity", "Westernization" and "Chinese characteristics" in the "globalization warning" as the core, and to explore the relationship between Sinology and Western learning, and to reflect on how China and the world face the future challenges ahead. The role of the intellectual tradition represented by Martin Luther in The Third Enlightenment would be crucial, he added.
The ten lecture topics were respectively "Martin Luther and the Third Enlightenment", "Luther and Soul Care", "Luther and Reason", "Luther and the Paradox", "Luther and Liberalism", "Luther and Conservatism", "Luther and the Unity of Man and Nature (or God) ", "Luther and the Law", "Luther and Philosophy" and "Luther and Humanism."
In the first lecture, Professor Huang shared the contribution of Martin Luther and present-day restudy of the significance of Martin Luther for the Third Enlightenment in Chinese-speaking communities. He said in the face of the third transformation in the humanistic academic history of China, combining Luther and the third enlightenment, it was necessary to explore the relationship between modernity, Westernization, Chinese characteristics, and universal truth.
Huang, a double Ph.D. holder in East Asian Studies and Western Intellectual Tradition at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Sino-Western Studies and Brill Yearbook of Chinese Theology, focuses on Chinese studies, Sino-Christian Academic Theology, dialogue between Chinese studies and Western studies in the light of globalization, the world's finest Finnish education, and translation of Martin Luther's works.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Serial Lectures on 'Martin Luther and the Third Enlightenment' Held in Shanghai
