{"product_id":"questioning-the-human-toward-a-theological-anthropology-for-the-twentyfirst-century-9780823257539","title":"Questioning the Human  Toward a Theological","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraditional theological perspectives on the human person are being challenged by contemporary cultural, political and scientific developments. Bringing together Roman Catholic theologians from different sub-disciplines, this collection of essays engages with and responds to the resulting tensions in theological anthropology, with a special focus on the themes of nature, self and relationality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a time when the natural sciences are raising new questions about the very notion of a fixed human nature, theology is required to think more deeply about the meaning and implications of the classical claims of Christian faith, particularly the Incarnation. These welcome exploratory essays in theological anthropology by significant contemporary scholars will help theologians and students sort out the issues and join a very important conversation.\" -- -Paul Crowley Santa Clara University \"In Questioning the Human, international known scholars explore crucial issues on the relation of human nature to sciences, ethics, and morality in a way that clearly shows how contemporary thought reflects on the human self and the human body in a world that is both diverse and commodified. These essays explore central questions that a Twenty-First Century theological anthropology needs to take into account. An exciting, probing, and informative volume.\" -- -Francis Schuessler-Fiorenza Stillman Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies \"The Christian notion of the Human involves both the biblical notion of the Imago Dei and philosophical understandings of natural law. How those concepts are to be understood, defended, and nuanced in the face of modernity and postmodernity is the subject of these rich and varied essays. This exploration of Christian anthropology, fifty years after the capacious vision of Gaudium et Spes, should be gratefully received and meticulously studied. -- -Lawrence Cunningham John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology (Emeritus), The University of Note Dame \"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 life-science and technology, the workings of the global economy, re-configurations of social and political power, regionally, locally, and globally-seem 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 theology's 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.\" -- -Rev. Philip J. Rossi S.J. Marquette University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring 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","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406138483031,"sku":"9780823257539","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823257539.jpg?v=1730494657","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/questioning-the-human-toward-a-theological-anthropology-for-the-twentyfirst-century-9780823257539","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}