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Book SynopsisJarvis Streeter details Ernest Becker's anthropological theories and compares them with traditional and contemporary Christian thought on human nature, sin, and salvation in order to see how the two approaches compare and where Becker might have insights to offer contemporary Christian thinkers.
Trade ReviewRecommended for seminary and university libraries and theologians with an interst in cultural anthropology and psychology. * Religious Studies Review, December 2009 *
Table of ContentsPart 1 Part I - Becker's Early Anthropological Perspective Chapter 2 Chapter 1. The Human Situation and the Development of the Individual Personality Chapter 3 Chapter 2. The Vagaries of Human and Cultural Construction Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Human Evil and Religion Part 5 Part II - Becker's Mature Anthropological Perspective Chapter 6 Chapter 4. The Human Situation and the Development of the Individual Personality Revisited Chapter 7 Chapter 5. Successes and Failures in Individual and Cultural Formation Chapter 8 Chapter 6. Human Evil and Religion in Becker's Mature Thought Chapter 9 Part III - Ernest Becker's Anthropology and Christian Theology Chapter 10 Chapter 7. Classical Christian Perspectives on the Human Problem Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Contemporary Christian Perspectives on the Human Problem Chapter 12 Chapter 9. Christian Perspectives on the Solution to the Human Problem Chapter 13 Chapter 10. The Human Problem and Its Solution: Ernest Becker and Christian Theology
