Anthropology : Seeking Light and Beauty /

Drawing on the wisdom and teaching experience of highly respected theologians, the Engaging Theology series builds a firm foundation for graduate study and other ministry formation programs. Each of the six volumes-Scripture, Jesus, God, Discipleship, Anthropology, and Church-is concerned with retri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ross, Susan A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Catholic Church.
Église catholique > Doctrines.
Catholic Church > Doctrines.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Theological anthropology > Catholic Church.
Anthropologie theologique > Église catholique.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ancient resources on being human. Biblical resources
  • Early Christianity on being human
  • Resources from the medieval and Reformation periods. Medieval thought
  • The Reformation
  • Resources from modernity. The desire for knowledge
  • The desire for freedom
  • Christian selfhood and postmodernity. Characteristics of postmodern selfhood
  • Christian theological engagement with postmodernity
  • The beauty of embodiment : body and sexuality. The body
  • Sex
  • The human capacity for evil and the hope for salvation. The human capacity for and propensity to evil
  • Understanding the perpetrators of evil
  • Victims of evil
  • Witnesses to evil
  • Theology, science, and human personhood. What makes us the imago Dei?
  • Animals and human beings
  • Human beings and the world around us
  • Neuroscience and the human
  • Technology, medicine, and the human person
  • Conclusion : seeking light and beauty.

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