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Zusatztext The greatest strength of this text is that it accomplishes what it sets out to do - to offer a comprehensive view of Judeo-Christian perspectives on human dignity. This volume would be a helpful accompaniment to any course in human rights, as well as any upper level course in philosophy and theology seeking to more fully understand the philosophical and theological heritage of human dignity. Informationen zum Autor John Loughlin is a Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, UK and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, UK. Zusammenfassung Dignity is a fundamental aspect of our lives, yet one we rarely pause to consider; our understandings of dignity, on individual, collective and philosophical perspectives, shape how we think, act and relate to others. This book offers an historical survey of how dignity has been understood and explores the concept in the Judaeo-Christian tradition. World-renowned contributors examine the roots of human dignity in classical Greece and Rome and the Scriptures, as well as in the work of theologians, such as St Thomas Aquinas and St John Paul II. Further chapters consider dignity within Renaissance art and sacred music. The volume shows that dignity is also a contemporary issue by analysing situations where the traditional understanding has been challenged by philosophical and policy developments. To this end, further essays look at the role of dignity in discussions about transhumanism, religious freedom, robotics and medicine. Grounded in the principal Christian traditions of Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, and Protestantism, this book offers an interdisciplinary and cross-period approach to a timely topic. It validates the notion of human dignity and offers an introduction to the field, while also challenging it. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction, John Loughlin 1. ‘So God Created Humanity in His own Image’ (Genesis 1.27). What Does The Bible Mean and What Have People Thought it Meant? John Day 2. The Pre-Christian Greek and Roman Notions of Human Dignity, Josef L ö ssl 3. Christ as Imago Dei – A Missed Opportunity of Ante-Nicene Christian Theology, Vladimir Latinovic 4. The Holy Trinity as Source of Human Dignity According to St Thomas Aquinas, Richard Conrad 5. Human Dignity and Human Wretchedness from St Irenaeus to Pico della Mirandola, John Loughlin 6. The Beauty of the Person in Christian Thought and Art, Timothy Verdon 7. Western Christian Sacred Music and Human Dignity, Jonathan Arnold 8. Human Dignity, Equality, and Liberty in Protestant Thought, John Witte, Jr 9. The Dignity of the Ancients and the Dignity of the Moderns, John Milbank 10. Human Dignity inJohn Paul II’sPersonalist Philosophy, Miguel Acosta 11. Religious Freedom and Dignity, Roger Trigg 12. Human Dignity in a Biotechnological Age, Michael Burdett 13. Bioethics and the Secular Belief of Inherent Human Dignity, Calum MacKellar Index ...
