Personal identity in theological perspective
By: edited by Richard Lints, Michael Horton & Mark R. Talbot.
Contributors: Lints, Richard.; Horton, Michael Scott.; Talbot, Mark R.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780802828934
Subjects: Theological anthropology -- Christianity.; Image of God.
Description: The turbulence and confusion of contemporary life should motivate us to ask the big questions of life anew and to reexamine the disastrous naturalism of the twentieth century. This volume gathers well-known thinkers from a breadth of confessional Christian traditions who share a passionate interest in better understanding the nature of persons. The contributors to "Personal Identity in Theological Perspective aim to recover the ancient biblical account of human beings as made "in the image of God." Their essays fall naturally into three divisions -- retrieving historical discussions of human identity, presenting contemporary challenges to a distinctively Christian anthropology, and offering constructive proposals toward a richer understanding of persons. This volume will provoke discussion and debate on the fundamental question "What does it mean to be human?
Table of contents: title: Theological anthropology in context / Richard Lints; title: Biblical humanism : the patristic convictions / Robert Louis Wilken; title: Homo theologicus : aspects of a Lutheran doctrine of man / William C. Weinrich; title: Post-Reformation Reformed anthropology / Michael Horton; title: The social God and the relational self : toward a theology of the Imago Dei in the; title: Postmodern context / Stanley J. Grenz; title: Nonreductive physicalism : philosophical challenges / Nancey Murphy; title: Anthropology, sexuality, and sexual ethics : the challenge of psychology / Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse; title: Personal bodies : a theological anthropological proposal / David H. Kelsey; title: Learning from the ruined image : moral anthropology after the fall / Mark R. Talbot; title: Image and office : human personhood and the covenant / Michael Horton; title: Imaging and idolatry : the sociality of personhood in the canon / Richard Lints.