{"product_id":"the-perils-of-human-exceptionalism-elements-of-a-nineteenth-century-theological-anthropology-9781666900194","title":"The Perils of Human Exceptionalism: Elements of a","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of the nineteenth century, transatlantic intellectuals slowly revised theological anthropology, or the doctrine of humanity seen in light of the divine. Gradually, elite discourse deposed humanity from its lofty estate and centering it within a naturalistic account wherein likeness to animal fauna became the central evaluative lens. Durst argues that theological anthropologies across the disciplines increasingly shifted focus away from classic confessional themes such as the soul and the image of God, and toward the methods of natural theology and intuitionism. This occurred in the form of challenges to theology in biology, phrenology, transcendentalism, anti-theology, Christian socialism, intuitionism, and religious experience. The human soul and human sinfulness also found a revised articulation in terms increasingly shaped by the cultural authority of science. An ascendant subjective approach to human nature emerged whereby religious experiences, not theological claims to truth, assumed prominence as the central measures of religious life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book shows clearly how important thinkers in the nineteenth century wrestled with the problem of human uniqueness. With thorough research and patient exploration of the era's bold new ideas, Durst explores strengths and weaknesses of the many attempts to replace traditional Christian understandings of the human person. Careful attention to science, theology, philosophy, and psychology aid Durst in articulating traditional Christian positions while at the same time crediting insights from Friedrich Schleiermacher, F. D. Maurice, William James, and other major thinkers. \u003c\/p\u003e -- Mark Noll, author of America's Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794-1911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Historical Prologue: What is Man that Thou art Mindful of Him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Human Design in Natural Theology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Friedrich Schleiermacher and a Theology of Intuition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Darwin’s Decentering of Humanity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Anti-theologians\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Hard-headed Science of Humanity: Phrenology and Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Social Christianity and Social Humanity in an Inhumane World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: The Natural World and the Human: The Transcendentalists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Perils of the Soul in Nineteenth-Century Thought: Metaphysics and Morals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Original Sin, Degeneration, Theology, and Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: William James Seeks to Save Religious Experience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041993163095,"sku":"9781666900194","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-perils-of-human-exceptionalism-elements-of-a-nineteenth-century-theological-anthropology-9781666900194","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}