The depth of the human person
Subtitle: a multidisciplinary approach
By: edited by Michael Welker
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Grand Rapids. Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780802869791
Subjects: Human beings; Philosophical anthropology; Theological anthropology; Christianity
Description: This volume brings together leading theologians, biblical scholars, scientists, philosophers, ethicists, and others to explore the multidimensionality and depth of the human person. Moving away from dualistic (mind-body, spirit-flesh, naturalmental) anthropologies, the book's contributors examine human personhood in terms of a complex flesh-body-mindheart-soul-conscience-reason-spirit spectrum. The Depth of the Human Person begins with a provocative essay on the question "Why is personhood conceptually difficult?" It then rises to the challenge of relating theological contributions on the subject to various scientific explorations. Finally, the book turns to contemporary theological-ethical challenges, discussing such subjects as human dignity, embodiment, gender stereotypes, and human personhood at the edges of life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why is personhood conceptually difficult?  -- Andreas Kemmerling; title: Flesh-body-heart-soul-spirit : Paul's anthropology as an interdisciplinary bridge-theory  -- Michael Welker; title: Emergence, the quest for unity, and God : toward a constructive Christian theology of the person  -- Philip Clayton; title: Towards an integrated anthropology  -- John C. Polkinghorne; title: Brains, minds, souls, and people : a scientific perspective on complex human personhood  -- Malcolm Jeeves; title: The emergence of human distinctiveness  -- Warren S. Brown; title: Hierarchical selection and the evolutionary emergence of "spirit"  -- Jeffrey P. Schloss; title: "Soul" and "spirit" in the anthropological discourse of the Hebrew Bible  -- Andreas Schüle; title: Sarx, soma, and the transformative pneuma : personal identity endangered and regained in Pauline anthropology  -- Gerd Theissen; title: Augustine's aporetic account of persona and the limits of relatio : a reconsideration of substance ontology and immutability  -- Volker Henning Drecoll; title: Augustine's investigation into Imago Dei  -- Eiichi Katayanagi; title: The affects of the soul and the effects of grace : of Melanchthon's understanding of faith and Christian emotions  -- Markus Höfner; title: The concept of "body" in Indian Christian theological thought  -- Origen V. Jathanna; title: The dignity of human personhood and the concept of the "image of God"  -- Bernd Oberdorfer; title: Human dignity and the concept of person in law  -- Stephan Kirste; title: On the relation of personhood and embodiment  -- Frank Vogelsang; title: Can ethics be fully naturalized?  -- Maria Antonaccio; title: Beyond distinct gender identities : the social construction of the human body  -- Isolde Karle; title: Moral inwardness reconsidered  -- William Schweiker; title: Human personhood at the edges of life : medical anthropology and theology in dialogue -- Günter Thomas.