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Questioning the Human This page intentionally left blank Questioning the Human Toward a Theological Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century Edited by Lieven Boeve, Yves De Maeseneer, and Ellen Van Stichel fordham university press New York 2014 Copyright © 2014 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Control Number: 2014938148 Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 First edition contents Exploring New Questions for Theological Anthropology lieven boeve, yves de maeseneer, and ellen van stichel 1 Part I human nature and science 1. Theological Anthropology, Science, and Human Flourishing stephen j. pope 13 2. The Concept of Natural Law in the Postmodern Context henri-jérôme gagey 31 3. Personalism and the Natural Roots of Morality johan de tavernier 42 4. In God’s Image and Likeness: From Reason to Revelation in Humans and Other Animals celia deane-drummond 60 Part II christ and the disputed self 5. Neuroscience, Self, and Jesus Christ oliver davies 79 6. Incarnation in the Age of the Buffered, Commodifi ed Self anthony j. godzieba 101 7. The Gifted Self: The Challenges of French Thought robyn horner 115 Part III relating in a fallen world 8. Difference, Body, and Race michelle a. gonzalez 131 9. Public Theology: A Feminist View of Political Subjectivity and Praxis rosemary p. carbine 148 vi Contents 10. Desire, Mimetic Theory, and Original Sin wilhelm guggenberger 164 Turtles All the Way Down? Pressing Questions for Theological Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century david g. kirchhoffer 183 Notes 195 List of Contributors 239 Index 243 Questioning the Human This page intentionally left blank Exploring New Questions for Theological Anthropology Lieven Boeve, Yves De Maeseneer, and Ellen Van Stichel What does it mean to be human? In today’s context, this fundamental question lies at the heart of many debates in the Church and the world. Unseen cultural, political, and scientifi c developments provoke new chal- lenges that can no longer be tackled from traditional perspectives on the human being.1 The familiar concepts theologians use to make sense of Christian beliefs about the human being have lost much of their purchase. Humanity is said to be created in God’s image and likeness, marked by sin but, through God’s grace, saved to a new life in Christ. But what do we mean by “human nature,” “personhood,” “freedom,” “soul,” “relation,” and other concepts that this account traditionally draws on? There is an urgent need to explore the questions that theological anthropology faces in our contemporary context.2 This collection is distinctive in several ways. All the authors share a Roman Catholic background, which makes this volume a helpful comple- ment to recent publications that represent views predominantly from other theological traditions.3 Moreover, nearly fi fty years after Vatican II’s groundbreaking document Gaudium et Spes, it is a timely moment to assess the state and future of theological anthropology. The contributors share 1
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