Martin Claes

On Christology, Anthropology, Cognitive Science and the Human Body (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reads texts of Augustine on the topic of the human body in the context of contemporary debates in philosophical theology and relevant authors from the cognitive science of religion. Martin Claes focuses particularly on Augustine's special position in the intellectual discourses of Western philosophy (free will, theodicy), theology (grace, incarnation) and humanities (anthropology, political sciences, law), arguing that his written work is an excellent point of departure for a multidimensional scholarly approach.

The reading in this book shows that a different picture emerges if we make the effort to situate Augustine's mature anthropology within contemporary debates in philosophical theology and cognitive science of religion. Omnipotence, vulnerability, suffering but also purification and perfection are discussed in dialogue between patristic and philosophical theology; the human offers the clue to concepts of unity in diversity in Christ.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350296107
• Artikelnr.: 63325245

Autorenporträt

Martin Claes is a post-doc Researcher at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, and a pastor in the Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Augustine on
the unity of Christ: Kenosis, Logos and Resurrection Chapter 2:
Philosophical Theology and the Body: Creation and Incarnation Chapter 3:
Christology in Dialogue: Augustine and Philosophical Theology on the Human
Body Conclusion Further Reading