Human origins and the image of God : essays in honor of J. Wentzel van Huyssteen / edited by Christopher Lilley and Daniel J. Pedersen

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Notes
ANTH copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment.
Contents
Foreword / M. Craig Barnes -- Preface / Christopher Lilley and Daniel J. Pedersen -- Introduction : J. Wentzel van Huyssteen and interdisciplinary theology / Niels Henrik Gregersen -- Part 1. Natural Scientists. The acquisition of human uniqueness: how we got from there to here, and how we did it so fast / Ian Tattersall -- Religion as a technology of entanglement: dealing with the beyond of entanglements / Ian Hodder -- Imago Dei and animal domestication: cognitive-evolutionary perspectives on human uniqueness and the Imago Dei / Justin L. Barrett and Tyler S. Greenway -- The emergence of religion: what evolution, the human niche, and imagination can tell us / Agustín Fuentes -- The religious sense: human uniqueness, human evolution, and the origins of symbolism and culture / Richard Potts -- Part 2. Philosophers and historians. Persons and humans: the dignity and distinctiveness of the human person / Keith Ward -- Axiological sensitivity: its origins, dynamic structures, and significance for theological anthropology / Wesley J. Wildman -- Human evolution: some tough questions for the Christian / Michael Ruse -- Science, technology, and aesthetics: the manifestation of adaptive cognitive fluidity in humans / John Hedley Brooke -- Part 3. Theologians. Moral origins and evolutionary ethics: navigating the maze in conversation with J. Wentzel van Huyssteen / Celia Deane-Drummond -- What makes theology theology?: conviction, communicability, and comprehensibility / Michael Welker -- Are we alone? And does it matter?: the narrative of human particularity / David Fergusson -- Postfoundationalism and the ethic of responsibility: duet or duel? / D. Etienne de Villiers -- Living with strangers?: on constructing ethical discourses / Dirk J. Smit
Summary
How did human beings originate? What, if anything, makes us unique? These questions have long been central to philosophers, theologians, and scientists. This book continues that robust interdisciplinary conversation with contributions from an international team of scholars whose expertise ranges from biology and anthropology to philosophical theology and ethics. The fourteen chapters in this volume are organized around Wentzel van Huyssteen's pioneering work in human rationality, embodiment, and evolutionary history. Bringing a variety of diverse perspectives to bear on a hotly debated issue, Human Origins and the Image of God showcases new research by some of today's finest scholars working on questions regarding human origins and human uniqueness.
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Date
2017
honouree
Van Huyssteen, J. Wentzel (Jacobus Wentzel) 1942-
editor
Lilley, Christopher 1988-
Type
Books
Physical description
xiv, 322 pages ; 24 cm
Topic
Theological anthropology--Christianity
Human evolution--Religious aspects--Christianity
Image of God
Record ID
siris_sil_1092418
Usage
CC0