Person, Grace, and God (Sacra Doctrina)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; William B. Eerdmans
Published: August 13, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780802840431
Subjects: Biography: general; Continental European Reformed Churches; c 1800 to c 1900; Religious Anthropology; Theology (General); Religion; Religion - Theology; Netherlands; Christian Theology - Anthropology; Christianity; Theological anthropology
Description: "A philosophically astute, historically informed, scientifically minded theologian, Philip Rolnick here highlights the centrality of person for Christian thought by tracing its development from pre-Christian anticipations through the early church councils to Augustine, Boethius, Richard of St. Victor, and Aquinas. Examining contemporary challenges to the concept of the person from evolutionary biology and postmodern thought, Rolnick demonstrates the impressive accomplishments of neo-Darwinian research and then shows ways to interpret the biological data that are consonant with Jesus' love commands."--Jacket.