Human dignity in the Judaeo-Christian tradition: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant perspectives
"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...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Bloomsbury Academic
2019
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2019 |
| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Edition: | 1 [edition] |
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Human dignity
/ Theological anthropology
/ Christianity
/ History
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Collection of essays
B Dignity Religious aspects Christianity B Electronic books B Theological Anthropology Christianity |
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| Summary: | "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."--Bloomsbury publishing 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 Lössl 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. |
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| Item Description: | Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1350073725 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5040/9781350073722 |