Umberto Bresciani

Umberto Bresciani obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Chinese Literature from the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. He is an Assistant Professor at Fujen Catholic University and National Taiwan Normal University. He gives lectures on Confucian thought and Christianity, and has published a number of books and essays on the subject, e.g., Reinventing Confucianism: The New Confucian Movement, rev. ed. (Taipei: Ricci Institute, 2009); La filosofia cinese nel ventesimo secolo: I nuovi confuciani (Roma: Urbaniana University Press, 2009); “The New Confucian Philosopher Qian Mu’s Criticism of Western Culture,” in A. Loretoni, J. Pauchard, & A. Pirni, eds., Questioning Universalism: Western and New Confucian Conceptions and their Implications (Pisa: Edizioni ETS, 2013), 41–68; and “Confucianism and Christianity,” in K. J. Becker, I. Morali, G. D’Costa, & M. Borrmans, eds., Catholic Engagement with World Religions: A Comprehensive Study, new ed. (New York: Orbis Books, 2010).