Perils of Human Exceptionalism - Elements of a Nineteenth-Century Theological Anthropology

Theological anthropology over the nineteenth century took on a naturalistic shape by viewing humanity through the lens of biology rather than theology. Elites criticized theological creeds as childish, attending instead to diverse subjective religious experiences, yielding a religious and cultural fragmentation.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Historical Prologue: What is Man that Thou art Mindful of Him?
Chapter 2: The Human Design in Natural Theology
Chapter 3: Friedrich Schleiermacher and a Theology of Intuition
Chapter 4: Darwin's Decentering of Humanity
Chapter 5: The Anti-theologians
Chapter 6: The Hard-headed Science of Humanity: Phrenology and Religion
Chapter 7: Social Christianity and Social Humanity in an Inhumane World
Chapter 8: The Natural World and the Human: The Transcendentalists
Chapter 9: Perils of the Soul in Nineteenth-Century Thought: Metaphysics and Morals
Chapter 10: Original Sin, Degeneration, Theology, and Science
Chapter 11: William James Seeks to Save Religious Experience
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Dennis L. Durst

Product details

• Authors: Dennis L. Durst
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781666900194
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-019-4
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, RELIGION / Philosophy, Christianity, History of Religion, Philosophy of religion