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This book reads texts of Augustine on the topic of the human body in the context of contemporary debates in philosophical theology and relevant authors from the cognitive science of religion. Martin Claes focuses particularly on Augustine's special position in the intellectual discourses of Western philosophy (free will, theodicy), theology (grace, incarnation) and humanities (anthropology, political sciences, law), arguing that his written work is an excellent point of departure for a multidimensional scholarly approach.
The reading in this book shows that a different picture emerges if we make the effort to situate Augustine's mature anthropology within contemporary debates in philosophical theology and cognitive science of religion. Omnipotence, vulnerability, suffering but also purification and perfection are discussed in dialogue between patristic and philosophical theology; the human offers the clue to concepts of unity in diversity in Christ.
List of contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1:
Augustine on the unity of Christ: Kenosis, Logos and Resurrection
Chapter 2:
Philosophical Theology and the Body: Creation and Incarnation
Chapter 3:
Christology in Dialogue: Augustine and Philosophical Theology on the Human Body
Conclusion
Further Reading
About the author
Martin Claes is a post-doc Researcher at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, and a pastor in the Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
Summary
This book reads texts of Augustine on the topic of the human body in the context of contemporary debates in philosophical theology and relevant authors from the cognitive science of religion. Martin Claes focuses particularly on Augustine’s special position in the intellectual discourses of Western philosophy (free will, theodicy), theology (grace, incarnation) and humanities (anthropology, political sciences, law), arguing that his written work is an excellent point of departure for a multidimensional scholarly approach.
The reading in this book shows that a different picture emerges if we make the effort to situate Augustine’s mature anthropology within contemporary debates in philosophical theology and cognitive science of religion. Omnipotence, vulnerability, suffering but also purification and perfection are discussed in dialogue between patristic and philosophical theology; the human offers the clue to concepts of unity in diversity in Christ.
Foreword
This volume aids the reading of texts of Augustine on the topic of the human body in the context of contemporary debates in philosophical theology and relevant authors from the cognitive science of religion.
Additional text
This fascinating book wrestles with the fundamental questions of unity and the human body in the context of patristics, particularly Augustine’s reflection, philosophical theology, and cognitive science of religion. Claes’ work brings forward Augustine’s thought in a timely manner to provide a form of hospitality central to us in the 21st century.
