The depth of the human person : a multidisciplinary approach / edited by Michael Welker. - 1 online resource (x, 396 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why is personhood conceptually difficult? / Flesh-body-heart-soul-spirit : Paul's anthropology as an interdisciplinary bridge-theory / Emergence, the quest for unity, and God : toward a constructive Christian theology of the person / Towards an integrated anthropology / Brains, minds, souls, and people : a scientific perspective on complex human personhood / The emergence of human distinctiveness / Hierarchical selection and the evolutionary emergence of "spirit" / "Soul" and "spirit" in the anthropological discourse of the Hebrew Bible / Sarx, soma, and the transformative pneuma : personal identity endangered and regained in Pauline anthropology / Augustine's aporetic account of persona and the limits of relatio : a reconsideration of substance ontology and immutability / Augustine's investigation into Imago Dei / The affects of the soul and the effects of grace : of Melanchthon's understanding of faith and Christian emotions / The concept of "body" in Indian Christian theological thought / The dignity of human personhood and the concept of the "image of God" / Human dignity and the concept of person in law / On the relation of personhood and embodiment / Can ethics be fully naturalized? / Beyond distinct gender identities : the social construction of the human body / Moral inwardness reconsidered / Human personhood at the edges of life : medical anthropology and theology in dialogue / Andreas Kemmerling -- Michael Welker -- Philip Clayton -- John C. Polkinghorne -- Malcolm Jeeves -- Warren S. Brown -- Jeffrey P. Schloss -- Andreas Schüle -- Gerd Theissen -- Volker Henning Drecoll -- Eiichi Katayanagi -- Markus Höfner -- Origen V. Jathanna -- Bernd Oberdorfer -- Stephan Kirste -- Frank Vogelsang -- Maria Antonaccio -- Isolde Karle -- William Schweiker -- Günter Thomas.

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Theological anthropology--Christianity.
Philosophical anthropology.
Human beings.
Human beings.
Philosophical anthropology.
Theological anthropology--Christianity.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology


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