Questioning the human : toward a theological anthropology for the twenty-first century / edited by Lieven Boeve, Yves De Maeseneer, Ellen Van Stichel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boeve, Lieven, Author.

Contributor:

Boeve, Lieven, editor.

De Maeseneer, Y. (Yves), editor.

Stichel, Ellen Van, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theological anthropology--Catholic Church.

Theological anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Theological anthropology is being put to the test: in the face of contemporary developments in the spheres of culture, politics, and science, traditional perspectives on the human person are no longer adequate. Yet can theological anthropology move beyond its previously established categories and renew itself in relation to contemporary insights? The present collection of essays sets out to answer this question. Uniting Roman Catholic theologians from across the globe, it tackles from a theological perspective challenges related to the classical natural law tradition (part 1), to the modern conception of the subject (part 2), and to the postmodern awareness of diversity in a globalizing context (part 3). Its contributors share a fundamental methodological choice of a critical-constructive dialogue with contemporary culture, science, and philosophy.This collection integrates a wider range of approaches than one usually finds in theological volumes, bringing together experts in systematic theology and in theological ethics. Authors come from different American contexts, including Black and Latino, and from a European context that include both French and German. Moreover, the interdisciplinary insights upon which the different contributions draw stem from both the natural sciences (such as neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and ethology) and the humanities (such as cultural studies, philosophy, and hermeneutics).This volume will be essential reading for anyone seeking a state-of-the-art account of theological anthropology, of the uncertainties it is facing, and of the responses it is in the process of formulating. The shared Roman Catholic background of the authors of this collection makes this volume a helpful complement to recent publications that predominantly represent views from other theological traditions.

Contents:

Theological anthropology, science, and human flourishing / Stephen J. Pope

The concept of natural law in the Postmodern context / Henri-Jerôme Gagey

Personalism and the natural roots of morality / Johan de Tavernier

In God's image and likeness : from reason to revelation in humans and other animals / Celia Deane-Drummond

Neuroscience, self, and Jesus Christ / Oliver Davies

Incarnation in the age of the buffered, commodified self / Anthony J. Godzieba

The gifted self : the challenges of French thought / Robyn Horner

Difference, body, and race / Michelle A. Gonzalez

Public theology : a feminist view of political subjectivity and praxis / Rosmary P. Carbine

Desire, mimetic theory, and original sin / Wilhelm Guggenberger

Turtles all the way down? Pressing questions for theological anthropology in the twenty-first century / David G. Kirchhoffer.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-237) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780823257553

082325755X

9780823257539

0823257533

9780823257560

0823257568

9780823261567

0823261565

9780823257546

0823257541

OCLC:

889268882