궁극실재의 본질, 인간 영성의 형성, 그리고 복음주의 = The Nature of Ultimate Reality, Human Spiritual Fulfillment, and Evangelicalism

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

One common feature of the established religions of the world such as Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity, is that they concern themselves with the issue of the formation of spirituality. The word spirituality’ in this context refers to human endeavor to realize desirable humanity and the quality of life, and that in relation to the particular vision of ultimate reality held by the adherent. The thesis of this paper is that, over against common belief that religions are the same as to where it leads, religions differ qualitatively especially in the matter of the formation of human spirituality, i.e., in the matter of the formation of humanity. This paper will argue that the determining factor of the formation of humanity is the very nature of ultimate reality, so that different visions on the nature of ultimate reality will lead to different formation of humanity. In the case of Christianity, the ultimate reality is the Triune God whose nature is love, and those who are related seriously to this divinity are to be shaped and formed toward the humanity that has love as its true nature and quality. This paper will attempt to show that such process of spiritual formation is taught in the Bible, and it will be argued that it is unique in Christianity so that the statement that “all religions are the same” cannot be true.