Engaging with the Complex Subject of Theological Anthropology.

Theological anthropology is a complicated doctrinal subject that needs to be elaborated with careful attention to its relation to other major doctrines. Among other things, it must confess the glory and misery of humanity, from creation in the image of God to the fall into a state of sin. It must reckon with a holism that spans distinctions between body, soul, and spirit, and a unity that encompasses male and female, as well as racial and cultural difference.

The Christian Doctrine of Humanity represents the proceedings of the sixth annual Los Angeles Theology Conference, which sought, constructively and comprehensively, to engage the task of theological anthropology.

The twelve diverse essays in this collection include discussions on:

  • Human thought and the image of God.
  • The relevance of biblical eschatology for philosophical anthropology.
  • Living and flourishing in the Spirit.
  • Vocation and the "oddness" of human nature.

Each of the essays collected in this volume engage with Scripture as well as with others in the field—theologians both past and present, from different confessions—in order to provide constructive resources for contemporary systematic theology and to forge a theology for the future.

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The Christian Doctrine of Humanity represents the proceedings of the sixth annual Los Angeles Theology Conference, which sought constructively and comprehensively to engage the task of theological anthropology.
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Acknowledgements Introduction (the Editors) List of Contributors 1. Marc Cortez (Wheaton College) 2. Megan Defranza (Boston University School of Theology) 3. Hans Madueme (Covenant College) 4. Ian McFarland (University of Cambridge) 5. Frances Young (University of Birmingham) 4-6 more essays will be selected from breakout paper submissions: 1. Matthew Y. Emerson, Oklahoma Baptist University, 'Mapping Anthropological Metaphysics With a Descensus Key: How Christ’s Descent to the Dead Informs the Body-Mind Conversation' 2. Cambria Janae Kaltwasser, Northwestern College, 'Time-Bound Subjects: Responsibility, Death, and Christian Hope' 3. Joanna Leidenhag, University of Edinburgh, and R. T. Mullins, University of St. Andrews, 'Flourishing in the Spirit: Distinguishing Incarnation and Indwelling for Theological Anthropology' 4. Christa L. McKirland, University of St. Andrews; Jason McMartin, Biola University; Timothy H. Pickavance, Biola University, 'Embodiment, Edwards, and Knowledge' 5. David W. McNutt, IVP Academic, 'Created to Create? A Critique of (and Appeal to) Human Creativity in Theological Anthropology' 6. Richard Mouw, President Emeritus, Fuller Theological Seminary, 'The Relevance of Biblical Eschatology for Philosophical Anthropology' 7. Faith Glavey Pawl, University of St. Thomas, 'Human Superiority, Divine Providence, and the Animal Good: a Thomistic Defense of Creaturely Hierarchy' 8. Lucy Peppiatt, Westminster Theological Centre, 'Life in the Spirit: Christ's and Ours' 9. Ryan Peterson, Talbot School of Theology, 'Created and Constructed Identities in Theological Anthropology' 10. Chelle Stearns, The Seattle School, 'An Ecology of Mutuality: Colin Gunton and Frances Young on Relationality, Disability, and Being Human' 11. Gabrielle R. Thomas, Durham University, ''Vulnerable, Yet Divine:' Retrieving Gregory Nazianzen's Account of the Imago Dei' 12. Aku Visala, University of Helsinki, 'Human Cognition and the Image of God'
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Product details

ISBN
9780310595472
Published
2018
Publisher
Zondervan
Weight
281 gr
Height
227 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
20 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
256

Biographical note

Oliver D. Crisp (PhD, University of London; DLitt University of Aberdeen) is Professor of Analytic Theology at the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology, St. Mary's College, the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is author of numerous books in analytic and systematic theology, including Analyzing Doctrine: Toward a Systematic Theology; Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology; Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered; God Incarnate: Explorations in Christology; Retrieving Doctrine: Essays in Reformed Theology; and Revisioning Christology: Theology in the Reformed Tradition. Together with Fred Sanders, he is co-founder of the Los Angeles Theology Conference. Fred Sanders?(PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is professor of theology in the Torrey Honors College at Biola University in La Mirada, California. He is author of numerous books including?The Triune God?in the New Studies in Dogmatics series;?The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything;?Union with Christ and the Life of Faith;?The Holy Spirit: An Introduction; and Fountain of Salvation: Trinity and Soteriology. He is coeditor of?Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective: An Introductory Christology?and?Retrieving Eternal Generation. He is also the co-founder of the Los Angeles Theology Conference.