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Catholicity and Emerging Personhood: A Contemporary Theological Anthropology (Catholicity in an Evolving Universe Series)
Catholicity and Emerging Personhood A Contemporary Theological Anthropology - Catholicity in an Evolving Universe Series Author:Daniel P. Horan, OFM "By humbly seeking wisdom from the scientific, philosophical, and social-scientific communities, Horan argues, we can gain new insight on personhood and a wider perspective of where the human stands in the overall sphere of nature itself." -- From the Foreword by Ilia Delio — Traditional theological considerations of the human person presume a ra... more »dically anthropocentric starting point. Yet, ongoing discoveries in the natural sciences and a renewed attention to the theological tradition pose challenges to this inherited way of thinking about personhood. This book offers a constructive theological reflection on the meaning and identity of the human person through the lens of evolution and contemporary science.
Each chapter builds on a foundational reconsideration of the theological anthropological tradition to resituate humanity within the broader community of creation while highlighting the true catholicity of personhood within Christian tradition.« less