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Theological Anthropology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium
Theology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium
Edited by Kevin Wagner, Peter John McGregor and M. Isabell Naumann
Foreword by Renée Köhler-Ryan
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Theological Anthropology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium is the third volume of the Theology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium series. Bringing together Catholic and Orthodox scholars of diverse disciplines, this work sheds new light on the question "what does it mean to be a human person?" Beginning with an overview on the state of the discipline in our time, the book brings theological anthropology into dialogue with epistemology, Christology, science, spiritual theology, and pedagogy. It explores how human persons--who are created in God's image and likeness--can come to knowledge of the self and the other, such that the individual person can know, love, and be united to the God and Father of Jesus Christ.
Kevin Wagner is a lecturer in theology at the University of Notre Dame, Australia—Sydney, specializing in early church history and Scripture.
Peter John McGregor is a lecturer in theology and spirituality at the Catholic Institute of Sydney.
M. Isabell Naumann ISSM is a member of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary (ISSM). She is the president of the Catholic Institute of Sydney (Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology) and a member of the International Theological Commission.
“The fruitfulness of Australian Catholic theology continues to inspire. This book stands as an exemplar of what ressourcement in theology is and should be. From the church fathers through Aquinas and the medievals, from East and West, and across a wide swath of more recent theologians, saints, philosophers, and scientists, this book lifts up the most central themes of Christian anthropology and does so in a nuanced, dialogic, and beautifully evangelistic way. Highly recommended!”
—Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary
“This collection of essays serves as a broad catalogue of currents in theological anthropology in the contemporary Australian scene. With topics ranging from patristics, personalism, and prayer to embodiment, existentialism, and evolution, the contributors explore the insights of such diverse figures as Augustine and Aquinas, Freud and Foucault, Mascall and Marion. Both historical and systematic in focus, it provides a valuable reference to key points of contact, continuity, and conflict for Christian anthropology in the third millennium.”
—Adam G. Cooper, Catholic Theological College
“A surprisingly versatile collection of essays on Christian anthropology, Theological Anthropology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium comes across as a true interdisciplinary work. Covering a wide range of topics and authors, it still offers a powerfully well integrated, christological view of the human being in the light of faith, hope, and charity, inspired to an important degree in the writings and thought of Saint John Paul II.”
—Paul O’Callaghan, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
“‘I have become a question to myself’—more than ever, our age feels the weight of the Augustinian dictum in its search for a renewed understanding of what it means to be human. This volume contains a wonderfully inspiring set of reflections on crucial aspects of an anthropological vision which takes into account the gift character of human existence over against the hubris of a self-contained consumerist, technological milieu. A refreshing read in troubled times.”
—Beáta Tóth, Sapientia College of Theology
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