Creatures of Possibility: The Theological Basis of Human Freedom - Couverture souple

Dalferth, Ingolf U.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801098106 ISBN 13 : 9780801098109

Editeur : Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group, 2016

Synopsis

A Prominent Theologian Explores What It Means to Be Human

Preeminent scholar and theologian Ingolf Dalferth offers mature reflections on what it means to be human, a topic at the forefront of contemporary Christian thought. Dalferth argues that humans should be defined not as deficient beings--who must compensate for the weaknesses of their biological nature by means of technology, morals, media, religion, and culture--but as creatures of possibility. He understands human beings by reference to their capacity to live a truly humane life. Dalferth explores the sheer gratuitousness of God's agency in justifying and sanctifying the human person, defining humans not by what we do or achieve but by God's creative and saving action. In the gospel, we are set free to interact with the world and creation.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ingolf U. Dalferth (DrTheol, University of Tübingen) is Danforth Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. He is also professor emeritus in the faculty of theology at the University of Zurich, where he directed the Institute of Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion for many years. Dalferth is the author or editor of over forty books, including Crucified and Resurrected.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801098106
• ISBN 13: 9780801098109
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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