What are we as human persons? Are we immaterial souls capable of disembodied existence or merely animals destined to dust? For centuries, scholars have debated this issue, and that debate continues today.
But the question of human nature can no longer remain a topic for discussion within the hallowed halls of the academy. End-of-life ethical decisions, human cloning, fetal tissue transplants, and stem cell research all reveal the urgency and the importance of the question for ordinary people.
Rethinking Human Nature offers a fascinating look at what it means to be human by defending the "constitutional view"--which suggests we are constituted by our bodies without being identical to the bodies that constitute us.
Grounded in Scripture, this book connects the theology and philosophy of human nature with the moral conundrums that confront us at the margins of life.
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Rethinking Human Nature
A Christian Materialist Alternative to the Soul
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Christian TheologyTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: What Kind of Things Are We?
- 1: Dualist Views of Human Persons
- 2: Nothing-But Materialism
- 3: The Constitution View
- 4: The Stem Cell Challenge
- 5: I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body and the Life of the World to Come
- 6: The Constitution View and the Bible: Some Final Thoughts
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