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This sacred life : humanity's place in a wounded world / Norman Wirzba, Duke University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wirzba, Norman, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Life.
- Theological anthropology--Christianity.
- Theological anthropology.
- Creation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 263 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- In a time of climate change, environmental degradation, and social injustice, the question of the value and purpose of human life has become urgent. What are the grounds for hope in a wounded world? This Sacred Life gives a deep philosophical and religious articulation of humanity's identity and vocation by rooting people in a symbiotic, meshwork world that is saturated with sacred gifts. The benefits of artificial intelligence and genetic enhancement notwithstanding, Norman Wirzba shows how an account of humans as interdependent and vulnerable creatures orients people to be a creative, healing presence in a world punctuated by wounds. He argues that the commodification of places and creatures needs to be resisted so that all life can be cherished and celebrated. Humanity's fundamental vocation is to bear witness to God's love for creaturely life, and to commit to the construction of a hospitable and beautiful world.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Reviews
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Assessing Our Situation
- 1 Facing the Anthropocene
- Which Humanity?
- The Power of Freedom
- Human Freedom at the Limit
- 2 The Transhumanist Urge
- Humanity's Discontent
- Toward a Friction-Free Life
- Part II Turning to Fundamentals
- 3 Rooted Life
- Created from Soil
- Grounded in the Land
- Consider the Lilies
- 4 A Meshwork World
- Living in a Logos
- A Surrounding World
- Preparing to Think Otherwise
- Meshwork Places
- Part III This Sacred Life
- 5 Why Sacred Anything?
- The Meaning of History
- A Sabbath Orientation to Sacred Life
- Sacred Earth
- 6 The Logic of Creation
- Speaking of Creation
- Creation through Christ
- 7 Creaturely Humanity
- Radicalizing Humanity
- Why Creatureliness?
- On Jesus on Becoming Human
- On Failing to Germinate and Grow
- Living into Communion
- 8 Called to Creativity
- Considering the Meaning of Work
- Rethinking Creativity/Rethinking Making
- On Cultivating Contexts for Creativity
- Author Index
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9781009027694
- 1009027697
- 9781009027502
- 1009027506
- 9781009026185
- 1009026186
- OCLC:
- 1492957196
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