ISBN:
9780567086877
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (553 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Anthropology in Theological Perspective
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In this comprehensive study, a renowned theologian examines the anthropological disciplines-human biology, psychology, cultural anthropology, sociology and history-for their religious implications. The result is a theological anthropology that does not derive from dogma or prejudice, but critically evaluates the findings of the disciplines.Pannenberg begins with a consideration of human beings as part of nature; moves on to focus on the human person; and then considers the social world: its culture, history and institutions. All the elements of this multi-faceted study unite in the final chapt
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; Abbreviations; Introduction: Theology and Anthropology; PART ONE. THE PERSON IN NATURE; 1. The Uniqueness of Humanity; 2. Openness to the World and Image of God; 3. Centrality and Sin; PART TWO. THE HUMAN PERSON AS A SOCIAL BEING; 4. Subjectivity and Society; 5. The Problem of Identity; 6. Identity and Nonidentity as a Theme of the Affective Life; PART THREE. THE SHARED WORLD; 7. Foundations of Culture; 8. The Cultural Meaning of Social Institutions; 9. Human Beings and History; Index of Scriptural References; Index of Names; Index of Subjects;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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