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Theological anthropology is being put to the test: in the face of contemporary developments in the spheres of culture, politics, and science, traditional perspectives on the human person are no longer adequate. Yet can theological anthropology move beyond its previously established categories and renew itself in relation to contemporary insights? The present collection of essays sets out to answer this question. Uniting Roman Catholic theologians from across the globe, it tackles from a theological perspective challenges related to the classical natural law tradition (part 1), to the modern conception of the subject (part 2), and to the postmodern awareness of diversity in a globalizing context (part 3). Its contributors share a fundamental methodological choice of a critical-constructive dialogue with contemporary culture, science, and philosophy. This collection integrates a wider range of approaches than one usually finds in theological volumes, bringing together experts in systematic theology and in theological ethics. Authors come from different American contexts, including Black and Latino, and from a European context that include both French and German. Moreover, the interdisciplinary insights upon which the different contributions draw stem from both the natural sciences (such as neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and ethology) and the humanities (such as cultural studies, philosophy, and hermeneutics). This volume will be essential reading for anyone seeking a state-of-the-art account of theological anthropology, of the uncertainties it is facing, and of the responses it is in the process of formulating. The shared Roman Catholic background of the authors of this collection makes this volume a helpful complement to recent publications that predominantly represent views from other theological traditions.

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Author:   Lieven Boeve ,  Yves De Maeseneer ,  Ellen Van Stichel
Publisher:   Fordham University Press
Imprint:   Fordham University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.479kg
ISBN:  

9780823257522

ISBN 10:   0823257525
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   15 August 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Exploring New Questions for Theological Anthropology Lieven Boeve, Yves De Maeseneer, and Ellen Van Stichel Part I: Human Nature and Science 1. Theological Anthropology, Science and Human Flourishing Stephen Pope 2. The Concept of Natural Law in the Postmodern Context Henri-Jerome Gagey 3. Personalism and the Natural Roots of Morality Johan De Tavernier 4. In God's Image and Likeness: From Reason to Revelation in Humans and Other Animals Celia Deane-Drummond Part II: Christ and the Disputed Self 5. Neuroscience, Self and Jesus Christ Oliver Davies 6. Incarnation in the Age of the Buffered, Commodified Self Anthony J. Godzieba 7. The Gifted Self: The Challenges of French Thought Robyn Horner Part III: Relating in a Fallen World 8. Difference, Body and Race Michelle Gonzalez 9. Public Theology: A Feminist View of Political Subjectivity and Praxis Rosemary P. Carbine 10. Desire, Mimetic Theory and Original Sin Wilhelm Guggenberger Turtles All The Way Down? Pressing Questions for Theological Anthropology in the Twenty-first Century Ellen Van Stichel and David G. Kirchhoffer Notes List of Contributors Index

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Theological anthropology, the project of articulating what it is and what it means to be human in relation to the transcendent God, stands at a crossroads in the second decade of the 21st century. Powerful forces shaping contemporary lifeGCoscience and technology, the workings of the global economy, re-configurations of social and political power, regionally, locally, and globallyGCoseem to render that project deeply problematic in terms of both its substance and its methods. The discourse of theological inquiry, moreover, has itself been pluralized, nor only in consequence of these encompassing cultural challenges, but also as a result of a renewed self-critical awareness of theologyGCOs own deep embedding in socio-cultural and historical particularity. The essays in this volume offer incisive diagnoses of these challenges and promising strategies to address them. They provide a solid basis for confidence in the continuing importance of a renewed theological anthropology for the living faith of the Catholic Church in its concrete engagements with the full range of the workings of the world. GCoRev. Philip J. Rossi S.J., Marquette University

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Lieven Boeve (Author) Lieven Boeve teaches fundamental theology and serves as dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium. He is the coordinator of the research group Theology in a Postmodern Context and cofounder of the interdisciplinary research group Anthropos. His focus is on theological epistemology, the relation,between theology and continental philosophy, and theological anthropology. His publications include Interrupting Tradition: An Essay on Christian Faith in a Postmodern Context (Peeters/Eerdmans, 2003), God Interrupts History: Theology in a Time of Upheaval (Continuum, 2007), and the coauthored volume The Ratzinger Reader (Continuum, 2010). Yves De Maeseneer (Author) Yves De Maeseneer teaches fundamental theological ethics at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium. He is the coordinator of Anthropos, an interdisciplinary research group of theological ethicists and fundamental theologians developing a renewed theological anthropology. He is coeditor of Religious Experience and Contemporary Theological Epistemology (Peeters, 2005). Ellen Van Stichel (Author) Ellen Van Stichel is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium. In 2010 she defended her dissertation ""Out of Love for Justice: Moral philosophy and Catholic Social Thought on Global Duties."" She is a member of the research group Anthropos, and her research interest lies in care ethics, Catholic social thought, and social and biomedical ethics.

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