T&T Clark Handbook of Theological Anthropology

Mary Ann Hinsdale is Associate Professor of Theology at Boston College, USA.Stephen Okey is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Religion at Saint Leo University, USA.

If you are looking for a contemporary, ecumenically sensitive, and comprehensive discussion of the doctrines of creation, the human person as God's image and likeness, sin, grace, and the relationship of humanity to other creatures and the environ, this collection of thirty-two chapters, edited by Mary Ann Hinsdale and Stephen Ockey, is the perfect find. The contributors, well-established and emerging scholars, are reliable guides to theological anthropology as it has been developed in the last two thousand years, its methodology, fundamental themes, prominent figures, and contemporary issues. Highly recommended for theological courses and libraries.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction, Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM (Boston College, USA) and Stephen Okey (Saint Leo University, USA) Part 1: Methodology1. Classical Approaches to Theological Anthropology, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA)2. Modern Method in Theological Anthropology: The Turn to the Subject, Kevin Vander Schel (Gonzaga University, USA)3. Postmodern Method? Begging to Differ, Anthony Godzieba (Villanova University, USA)Part 2: Key Themes4. Creation, Daniel Horan, OFM (Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, USA)5. Created for God and for Each Other: Our Imago Dei, Michelle A. Gonzalez (University of Scranton, USA)6. The Relational Turn in Theological Anthropology, Rosemary Carbine (Whittier College, USA)7. Finitude, Linn Tonstad (Yale Divinity School, USA)8. Sin and the Subversion of Ethics: Why the Discourse of Sin is Good for Theological Anthropology, Darlene Fozard Weaver (Duquesne University, USA)9. The Gift of Grace and the Perfection of Human Nature, Shawn Colberg (Saint John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict, USA)10. Human Freedom and the Triune God, Philip Rossi, SJ (Marquette University, USA)Part 3: Key Figures11. Irenaeus: As It Was in the Beginning, Francine Cardman (Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, USA)12. Gregory of Nyssa: Formed and Reformed in God’s Image, J. Warren Smith (Duke Divinity School, USA)13. Soul, Body, and the Miraculous Excess of the Human Being: Augustine’s Theological Anthropology, Douglas Finn (Villanova University, USA)14. From Image to Indwelling: Aquinas’ Theological Anthropology, Dominic Doyle (Boston College's School of Theology and Ministry, USA)15. Grasping at the Human as Human: The Human Person After Justification According to Martin Luther’s Pneumatological Lens, Candace Kohli (Independent Scholar, USA)16. John Calvin’s Trinitarian Theological Anthropology Reconsidered, Arnold Huijgen (Theological University of Apeldoorn, the Netherlands)17. Karl Barth: ‘Being human means being with God’, Tim Hartman (Columbia Theological Seminary, USA)18. Karl Rahner for Twenty-First century Cyborgs, Susan Abraham (Pacific School of Religion, USA)19. The Dramatic, Christological, Missional Anthropology of Hans Urs von Balthasar, Carolyn Chau (King’s University College, Western University, Canada)20. Edward Schillebeeckx, Edmund Kee-Fook Chia (Australian Catholic University, Australia)21. ‘Being in the Luminousness of Being’: Introducing Bernard Lonergan’s Anthropology, Jeremy Wilkins (Boston College, USA)22. The Philosopher-Pope: The Theological Anthropology of John Paul II, Jennifer Bader (Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, USA)23. Rosemary Radford Ruether’s Theological Anthropology, Susan Ross (Loyola University Chicago, USA)24. Salving the Wound of Race: Racialized Bodies as Sacrament in the Theology of M. Shawn Copeland, Karen Teel (University of San Diego, USA)25. Toward Understanding the Contextual Theo-Ethical Anthropology of Orlando Espín, Néstor Medina (University of Toronto, Canada)Part 4: Contemporary Constructive Concerns26. The Image of God and the Technological Person: Artificial Intelligence in Theological Anthropology, Stephen Okey (Saint Leo University, USA)27. Disability: Raising Challenges to Rationality and Embodiment in Theological Anthropology, Lorraine Cuddeback-Gedeon (Mount St. Mary's University, USA)28. A Theological Anthropology of Racism, Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones (Boston College, USA)29. Beyond Complementarity? Gender Issues in the Catholic Church, Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM (Boston College, USA)30. Neuroscience and Theological Anthropology, Heidi Russell (Loyola University Chicago, USA)31. Neoliberalism and Theological Anthropology: The Hidden Formation of Student Loans and Dating Apps, Vincent Miller (University of Dayton, USA)32. Cosmic Christianity, Oliver Davies (King’s College London, UK)List of ContributorsBibliographyIndex