Explorations
Author: Beth Alison Schultz Shook
Publisher:
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781931303811
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Explorations in Anthropology and Theology
Author: American Anthropological Association. Meeting
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780761806615
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe papers in this volume seek to map out the broad areas of anthropology and inspire others to follow with their own contributions.
Shamans and Religion
Author: Alice Beck Kehoe
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKehoe (anthropology, U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) seeks to inoculate her students against the mushy thinking she finds concerning shamans and shamanism. She traces the misinformation to a sensational mid-20th-century French tome by which expatriate Romanian Mircea Eliade hoped to acquire a reputation and a place in a European or American university. (He succeeded.) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Image of God in an Image Driven Age
Author: Beth Felker Jones
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2016-03-08
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 0830851208
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHumans are created in the image of God, yet by choosing to rebel against God we become unfaithful bearers of his image. But Jesus, who is the image of God, restores the divine image in us. At the intersection of theology and culture, these essays offer a unified vision of what it means to be truly human and created in the divine image in the world today.
The Soul of Theological Anthropology
Author: Joshua R. Farris
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-11-25
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1317015037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent research in the philosophy of religion, anthropology, and philosophy of mind has prompted the need for a more integrated, comprehensive, and systematic theology of human nature. This project constructively develops a theological accounting of human persons by drawing from a Cartesian (as a term of art) model of anthropology, which is motivated by a long tradition. As was common among patristics, medievals, and Reformed Scholastics, Farris draws from philosophical resources to articulate Christian doctrine as he approaches theological anthropology. Exploring a substance dualism model, the author highlights relevant theological texts and passages of Scripture, arguing that this model accounts for doctrinal essentials concerning theological anthropology. While Farris is not explicitly interested in thorough critique of materialist ontology, he notes some of the significant problems associated with it. Rather, the present project is an attempt to revitalize the resources found in Cartesianism by responding to some common worries associated with it.
Explorations in Archaeology and Philosophy
Author: Anton Killin
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-04-26
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 3030610527
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume explores various themes at the intersection of archaeology and philosophy: inference and theory; interdisciplinary connections; cognition, language and normativity; and ethical issues. Showcasing this heterogeneity, its scope ranges from the method of analogical inference to the evolution of the human mind; from conceptual issues in assessing the health of past populations to the ethics of cultural heritage tourism. It probes the archaeological record for evidence of numeracy, curiosity and creativity, and social complexity. Its contributors comprise an interdisciplinary cluster of philosophers, archaeologists, anthropologists, and psychologists, from a variety of career stages, of whom many are leading experts in their fields. Chapter 3 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Theology and Evolutionary Anthropology
Author: Celia Deane-Drummond
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-01-29
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1000033899
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book sets out some of the latest scientific findings around the evolutionary development of religion and faith and then explores their theological implications. This unique combination of perspectives raises fascinating questions about the characteristics that are considered integral for a flourishing social and religious life and allows us to start to ask where in the evolutionary record they first show up in a distinctly human manner. The book builds a case for connecting theology and evolutionary anthropology using both historical and contemporary sources of knowledge to try and understand the origins of wisdom, humility, and grace in ‘deep time’. In the section on wisdom, the book examines the origins of complex decision-making in humans through the archaeological record, recent discoveries in evolutionary anthropology, and the philosophical richness of semiotics. The book then moves to an exploration of the origin of characteristics integral to the social life of small-scale communities, which then points in an indirect way to the disposition of humility. Finally, it investigates the theological dimensions of grace and considers how artefacts left behind in the material record by our human ancestors, and the perspective they reflect, might inform contemporary concepts of grace. This is a cutting-edge volume that refuses to commit the errors of either too easy a synthesis or too facile a separation between science and religion. As such, it will be of interest to scholars of religious studies and theology – especially those who interact with scientific fields – as well as academics working in anthropology of religion.
Anthropology and Philosophy
Author: Sune Liisberg
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2015-01-01
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1782385576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe present book is no ordinary anthology, but rather a workroom in which anthropologists and philosophers initiate a dialogue on trust and hope, two important topics for both fields of study. The book combines work between scholars from different universities in the U.S. and Denmark. Thus, besides bringing the two disciplines in dialogue, it also cuts across differences in national contexts and academic style. The interdisciplinary efforts of the contributors demonstrate how such a collaboration can result in new and challenging ways of thinking about trust and hope. Reading the dialogues may, therefore, also inspire others to work in the productive intersection between anthropology and philosophy.
Dust Bound for Heaven
Author: Reinhard Hütter
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 1467436720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Dust Bound for Heaven Reinhard Hütter shows how Thomas Aquinas's view of the human being as dust bound for heaven weaves together elements of two questions without fusion or reduction. Does humanity still have an insatiable thirst for God that sends each person on an irrepressible religious quest that only the vision of God can quench? Or must the human being, living after the fall, become a "new creation" in order to be readied for heaven? Hütter also applies Thomas's anthropology to a host of pressing contemporary concerns, including the modern crisis of faith and reason, political theology, the relationship between divine grace and human freedom, and many more. The concluding chapter explores the Christological center of Thomas's theology.
Reason, Faith, and Tradition
Author: Martin C. Albl
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 0884899829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs religious belief reasonable? Specifically, is the doctrine of the Catholic faith consistent with reason? Drawing on Catholic and Christian theological traditions, Martin Albl engages readers in theological thinking on various topics including the Trinity, Christology, ecclesiology, human nature, sin, salvation, revelation, and eschatology. Clear and focused, the text links traditional teaching with contemporary issues to show the relevance of faith to contemporary issues. A glossary, cross-referencing system, text and discussion questions, and footnotes with information about Internet resources provide more in-depth information. --Publisher description.
