宗教對話的生態轉向：從儒耶對話到耶佛對話

Ecological Turn of Inter-religious Dialogue: From Christian-Confucian Dialogue to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue

宗教對話近年出現了一種生態轉向的趨勢。本文將分析在漢語世界中出現的基督宗教與儒家對話的生態轉向，並嘗試以此展望基督宗教與佛教對話的生態轉向。本文先梳理當代基督宗教的生態神學論述中的不同思路，從而指出基督宗教的生態神學不單具有多樣性，更潛存與不同宗教展開多邊對話的可能性。然後再分析在當代的儒耶對話之生態轉向，嘗試指出其切入點、所預設之條件、正面貢獻及現有之限制。以此作為參考，本文最後除初步地展望耶佛對話的生態轉向的可能性、可欲性與發展潛力外，更嘗試進一步提出對宗教對話的一些反思。

Ecological turn has become an important trend in inter-religious dialogue. This paper offers an analysis on the ecological turn in Christian-Confucian dialogue emerging in the Chinese speaking world. Based on this analysis, it further attempts to consider the prospect of the ecological turn of Buddhist-Christian dialogue. The paper starts with a survey of the major approaches in Christian ecological theology, with a view to present the diversity of Christian ecological theology as well as its potential for engaging in dialogue with various religions. Afterwards, it reviews the Confucian resources for ecological ethics and attempts to find out the contact points in the dialogue with Christianity. This paper further argues that the ecological turn in Christian-Confucian dialogue does not only enhance the mutual understanding between Christianity and Confucianism but also contributes to the development of ecological ethics. Based on its analysis of the presupposition, positive contribution and limitation in the ecological turn in Christian-Confucian dialogue, this paper concludes with a discussion on the possibility, desirability and potential for an ecological turn in Buddhist-Christian dialogue, together with a reflection on the direction of inter-religious dialogue in general.