Alone in the world? : human uniqueness in science and theology / J. Wentzel van Huyssteen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Huyssteen, J. Wentzel (Jacobus Wentzel), 1942-

Contributor:

James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

Series:

Gifford lectures ; 2004.

The Gifford lectures ; 2004

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theological anthropology--Christianity.

Theological anthropology.

Human evolution--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Human evolution.

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

xviii, 347 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2006.

Contents:

Human uniqueness as an interdisciplinary problem?

Interdisciplinarity in theology and science

Tradition and communicative understanding

Interdisciplinarity and human uniqueness

Human uniqueness and cognitive evolution

Human distinctiveness in paleontology

Human uniqueness as a moral issue

Human uniqueness and hominid evolution

Charles Darwin on human uniqueness

Evolutionary epistemology and human uniqueness

Evolutionary epistemology as embodied epistemology

Evolutionary epistemology and religion.

Notes:

"The University of Edinburgh, Spring 2004."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-336) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0802832466

OCLC:

63108334

Publisher Number:

9780802832467