Person Personhood And The Humanity Of Christ

Author : Hakbong Kim
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725285293

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Person, Personhood, and the Humanity of Christ by Hakbong Kim Pdf

The quest for an understanding of humanness has been significant. As the ways in which we recognize and define our human being have significant impact, wide-ranging discussions and questions about the human have taken place, with significant theoretical and practical implications. In Person, Personhood, and the Humanity of Christ, Hakbong Kim explores Thomas F. Torrance’s critiques of the dualist and individualistic views concerning human beings in the history of philosophy and theology. This book sheds important light on Torrance’s understanding of humans as persons in relation, the trinitarian personhood as the ontological foundation for human personhood, and the humanity of Christ as key to the personalization necessary for a new moral, ethical, and social life. This presents a Christocentric anthropology and ethics, which focuses on Christ’s ongoing reconciling and humanizing ministry for us.

Author : Ray S. Anderson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725229013

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On Being Human by Ray S. Anderson Pdf

- What does it mean to be human? - How does a right understanding of personhood affect decisions on critical life situations? - What implications does a biblical perspective on personhood have for the pastoral ministry of healing and hope? In answering these questions, Ray S. Anderson focused on the person as determined by and sustained by the creative power of God. He explored the the implications of a biblical understanding of personhood for such critical issues as human sexuality, family relationships, abortion, and death. He broke new ground in relating pastoral care and counseling to contemporary issues which challenge Christians and their understanding of the meaning of human life.

Author : Calum MacKellar
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334055211

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The Image of God, Personhood and the Embryo by Calum MacKellar Pdf

Why are human embryos so important to many Christians? What does theology say concerning the moral status of these embryos? Answers to these questions can only be obtained by considering the manner in which Christian theology understands the great theme of the image of God. This book examines the most important aspects in which this image, and the related Christian notion of personhood, can be used in the context of theological arguments relating to the moral status of the human embryo. Thoughtful in approach and ecumenical in perspective, the author combines a thorough knowledge of the science of embryology with a broad knowledge of the theological implications. Part I Historical and Contemporary Christian Perspectives 1 The Moral Status of the Embryo 2 The Image of God 3 Being a Person from a Christian Perspective Part II The Image of God, Personhood and the Embryo 4 Creation and the Embryo 5 Incarnation and the Embryo 6 Substantive Aspects and the Embryo 7 Relational Aspects and the Embryo 8 Functional Aspects and the Embryo Conclusion Appendix: The Moral Status of New Kinds of Embryo

Author : Jennifer Anne Cox
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781443891561

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Autism, Humanity and Personhood by Jennifer Anne Cox Pdf

Theological anthropology is charged with providing an understanding of the human, but there are numerous challenges to this. Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder, the main characteristic of which is difficulty in social interaction. In its severest form, a person with low-functioning autism may be both intellectually impaired and unable to relate to others as persons. Theological anthropology can exclude people who are cognitively impaired because it has historically upheld reason as the image of God. Recent theology of intellectual disability has bypassed this difficulty by emphasising relationality as the image of God. However, this approach has the unfortunate consequence of excluding people with severe low-functioning autism. This calls for a new approach to theological anthropology. Autism, Humanity and Personhood provides a Christ-centred, inclusive anthropology which does not exclude people with severe autism. The book takes a conservative evangelical approach to severe autism and the challenges it poses to theological anthropology. It considers significant aspects of salvation history – creation, incarnation, atonement and resurrection – in order to build a solid theological foundation for an inclusive theological anthropology. As long as we look within the individual, it is difficult to find a solid basis for the humanity of people who are severely intellectually and developmentally impaired. Instead of trying to ground humanity and personhood within the individual with autism, the book outlines an extrinsic basis for theological anthropology. That extrinsic basis is the gift of humanness and personhood from Jesus Christ, who alone is fully human and the true image of God. Jesus has overcome sin and death, which have wreaked havoc on the human person. Therefore, his incarnate life, death and resurrection are more than enough basis to declare that people with the most severe intellectual and developmental impairment are truly human persons.

Author : Philip Schaff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B294255

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The Person of Christ by Philip Schaff Pdf

Author : Church of England. Doctrine Commission
Publisher : Church House Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0715138669

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Being Human by Church of England. Doctrine Commission Pdf

A Doctrine Commission publication, this volume addresses what it means to be human from the perspective of the four key elements of power, money, sex and time. It combines classical Church teaching and biblical material with ideas from contemporary debates and sources.

Author : Harry Johnson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498207515

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The Humanity of the Savior by Harry Johnson Pdf

The eternal Son of God became man for our salvation; but what kind of human nature did he assume? The answer of this book is that he took human nature as it was because of the fall. Despite this, he lived a perfect, sinless life, and finally redeemed this "fallen nature" through his cross; this victory is the basis of atonement. The New Testament supports this christological position, and there are several indications that suggest it gives a deeper interpretation to some sections of the gospel narrative. It is clearly taught by Paul, and is the obvious implication of certain aspects of the Christology of Hebrews. During the centuries, but mainly in the post-Reformation period, a number of theologians have expounded this theory, and in the present century there have been distinct signs that it is becoming more acceptable to theological thought. The various advocates of the theory are not unrelated, for certain principles of unity hold them together. The number of advocates through the years, however, has been few. One reason for this is that the term "fallen human nature" has often been misunderstood. Additionally, throughout the history of Christology, there has been a serious tendency to neglect the humanity of Christ, and this has gone decisively against the general acceptance of the doctrine that Christ assumed "fallen human nature." If the theory is accepted, it helps to give a more adequate view of the work of Christ. There are five main theories of the atonement; all these are strengthened, and many of their weaknesses are eliminated, if this christological theory is accepted. Here is a book that contains new thinking on a great theme. It is clear, logical, and rewarding to both mind and heart.

Author : George Kalantzis,David B. Capes,Ty Kieser
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725262928

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Who Do You Say I Am? by George Kalantzis,David B. Capes,Ty Kieser Pdf

Human existence is a bodily existence. A first principle of historic Christianity has been that Jesus assumed our humanity and everything essential to it in order that God may redeem all of our existence. Christ is the revelation of God and the revelation of true humanity. As we seek to understand our embodied experiences of the world and one another we do so in light of the embodied life of Jesus Christ. Jesus’s humanity shows us what it means to live an embodied human life rightly and how we, as embodied human beings, can relate to the world around us. In this book we invite readers to explore with us why the humanity of Jesus is central to the Christian understanding of community, society, salvation, and life with God. Over the span of these ten chapters this book draws from biblical, historic, and cultural discussions as it enters into the breadth of the significance of the humanity of Jesus and explores how the reality of the Incarnation challenges and redeems our broken social structures, racial and ethnic divisions, economic systems, and sexuality.

Author : Alistair I. McFadyen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1990-10-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521409292

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The Call to Personhood by Alistair I. McFadyen Pdf

This book is an attempt to answer the question 'What is a person?'. Although the answer is given in largely theoretical terms, the author is concerned primarily with practice: what does it mean to live as a human person in community with others? What personal, social, and political practices are required by personal being? The central insight, that human identity is most productively understood in communicational terms, leads to an account of personhood which is both compassionate and which - at the same time - keeps sight of the particularity of each individual.

Author : Michael Welker
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467440660

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The Depth of the Human Person by Michael Welker Pdf

This volume brings together leading theologians, biblical scholars, scientists, philosophers, ethicists, and others to explore the multidimensionality and depth of the human person. Moving away from dualistic (mind-body, spirit-flesh, naturalmental) anthropologies, the book's contributors examine human personhood in terms of a complex flesh-body-mind-heart-soul-conscience-reason-spirit spectrum. The Depth of the Human Person begins with a provocative essay on the question "Why is personhood conceptually difficult?" It then rises to the challenge of relating theological contributions on the subject to various scientific explorations. Finally, the book turns to contemporary theological-ethical challenges, discussing such subjects as human dignity, embodiment, gender stereotypes, and human personhood at the edges of life. Contributors: Maria Antonaccio Warren S. Brown Philip Clayton Volker Henning Drecoll Markus Höfner Origen V. Jathanna Malcolm Jeeves Isolde Karle Eiichi Katayanagi Andreas Kemmerling/il , Stephan Kirste Bernd Oberdorfer John C. Polkinghorne Jeffrey P. Schloss Andreas Schüle William Schweiker Gerd Theissen Günter Thomas Frank Vogelsang Michael Welker ,

Author : Bruce A. Ware
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433524165

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The Man Christ Jesus by Bruce A. Ware Pdf

Liberal attacks on the doctrine of the divinity of Christ have led evangelicals to rightly affirm the centrality of Jesus's divine nature for his person and work. At times, however, this defense of orthodoxy has led some to neglect Christ's full humanity. To counteract this oversight, theologian Bruce Ware takes readers back to the biblical text, where we meet a profoundly human Jesus who struggled with many of the same difficulties and limitations we face today. Like us, he grew in faith and wisdom, tested by every temptation common to man. And like us, he too received power for godliness through the Holy Spirit, and thus serves not only as the divine Lord to be worshiped, but also the supreme Human to be followed.

Author : Horan OFM, Daniel P.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608338009

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Catholicity and Emerging Personhood by Horan OFM, Daniel P. Pdf

An exploration of the meaning and identity of the human person in light of a renewed theology of creation, the ongoing discoveries of evolution and natural sciences, and newly appropriated resources in the theological tradition.

Author : Todd H. Speidell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498296373

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Fully Human in Christ by Todd H. Speidell Pdf

Thomas F. Torrance's theology included a thoroughgoing, albeit implicit, ethic of reconciliation. It focused on the personalizing and humanizing mediation of Christ in all realms of life--including not only a supposed private dimension of human life but also the social, historical, and political structures of human society and even of the cosmos itself. This book builds upon that vision of a Christian ethic radically rooted in God's grace, which encompasses, sustains, and transforms the entire human and created order. A trinitarian-incarnational social ethic does not begin with our human causes, projects, and agendas, however noble they might be, but with witness to the reconciling person and work of Jesus Christ for us.

Author : Donald L. Alexander
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498206686

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The Humanity of Christ and the Healing of the Dysfunction of the Human Spirit by Donald L. Alexander Pdf

The book represents a personal quest in what Anselm referred to as faith seeking understanding. The primary focus centers on proposing an interpretation of the nature and function of the human spirit and its relationship to the divine spirit and the living of a godly Christian life. Thus the book has a dual concern; namely, an academic one and a spiritual one. The undergirding premise is that apart of the human spirit the divine spirit is personally unknowable. This premise contains the following supporting concepts: First, the core of human personhood resides in the human spirit and constitutes the unique capacity for personal self-relatedness. Second, as the result of humanity's idolatrous displacement of God, a radical reversal occurred with the human spirit. When restored to its original relationship with the divine spirit, the human spirit, as James Loder writes "is called out of its futility and perversity into the light (and truth) of the divine spirit.

Author : Peter van Inwagen,Dean Zimmerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199277506

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Persons by Peter van Inwagen,Dean Zimmerman Pdf

The nature of persons is a perennial topic of debate in philosophy. This volume brings together metaphysical debates about the nature of human persons with related debates in philosophy of religion and theology. It explores idealist, dualist, and materialist views of persons.