
Personal Identity in Theological Perspective
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Will be published approx. on 1. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
236 pages
978-0-8028-2893-4 (ISBN)
Description
The turbulence and confusion of contemporary life should motivate us to ask the big questions of life anew and to reexamine the disastrous naturalism of the twentieth century. This volume gathers well-known thinkers from a breadth of confessional Christian traditions who share a passionate interest in better understanding the nature of persons.
The contributors to Personal Identity in Theological Perspective aim to recover the ancient biblical account of human beings as made "in the image of God." Their essays fall naturally into three divisions - retrieving historical discussions of human identity, presenting contemporary challenges to a distinctively Christian anthropology, and offering constructive proposals toward a richer understanding of persons. This volume will provoke discussion and debate on the fundamental question What does it mean to be human?
Contributors:
Stanley J. Grenz
Michael S. Horton
Stanton L. Jones
David H. Kelsey
Richard Lints
Nancey Murphy
Mark R. Talbot
William C. Weinrich
Robert Louis Wilken
Mark A. Yarhouse
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Grand Rapids
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8028-2893-4 (9780802828934)
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Persons
Richard Lints is Professor of Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Massachusetts, an ordained minister in the Presbyerian Church in America and the author of The Fabric of Theology. Michael S Horton is Professor of Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California, editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation magazine and host of White Horse Inn, a radio talk show exploring issues of Reformation theology in American Christianity. Mark R Talbot is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wheaton Collgege, Illinois and coeditor of Limning the Psyche.