“The Pope’s visit to South Korea is the first part of a very intelligent
opening to Asia,” said Lionel Jensen, associate professor of East Asian
Languages and Cultures at the University of Notre Dame.
— Madison Park, CNN this morning
A not-so-intelligent opening —
“Could it be that the familiar and beloved figure of Confucius
was invented by Jesuit priests? In Manufacturing Confucianism,
Lionel M. Jensen reveals this very fact….”
For some background, see an Atlantic Monthly article from 1999,
“Confucius and the Scholars,” by Charlotte Allen.