Cur Homo Deus? A Catholic Response to a Posthumanist Narrative
Yuval Noah Harari’s book Homo Deus has popularized and promoted the case for a posthumanist reading of universal history in the 21st century. Among the features of his narrative are atheism, a deterministic rejection of free will, and a hedonistic theory of value. Passing the seventieth anniversary...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Religions
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Christian Anthropology
B Atheism B Yuval Noah Harari B universal history B Anselm of Canterbury B Soteriology B Posthumanism |
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| Summary: | Yuval Noah Harari’s book Homo Deus has popularized and promoted the case for a posthumanist reading of universal history in the 21st century. Among the features of his narrative are atheism, a deterministic rejection of free will, and a hedonistic theory of value. Passing the seventieth anniversary of Humani Generis, Pius XII’s call for “seriousness, moderation and measure” when weighing and judging the conclusions of human science, including theories of evolution, remains relevant. With special attention to Anselm of Canterbury’s aptly titled Cur Deus Homo, this essay will identify and respond to several misrepresentations of key Christian doctrines which, when corrected, undermine the reliability of Harari’s narrative history and speculations. Rather than conceding Harari’s posthumanist conclusion that humanity’s path to divinity is a global, social agenda of biological and technological upgrade, I counterargue that Christian soteriology better responds to the deepest longings in human dissatisfaction through notions of grace and love manifest in the doctrines of incarnation and divine satisfaction. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel13090770 |