The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology

"An invigoratingly diverse collection of essays focused on the Christian understanding of human nature in general and its bearing the image of God in particular; it would serve as an excellent introduction to the developing interest shown by analytic theology in these and related topics." - T.J. Mawson, University of Oxford, UK "This Ashgate volume, brilliantly crafted by first-rate scholars from multiple disciplines, is a paragon of excellence for research companions. Rigorous, well informed, and refreshingly insightful, it is a tour de force of theological anthropology!" - Chad Meister, Bethel College, USA "Excellent in breadth and depth of treatment of relevant topics, with an international group of contributors, senior scholars and scholars newer to their fields but already published therein, this is a superb contribution to the fresh interest in theological anthropology, which it expands, develops, and encourages." - Keith E. Yandell, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA "Overall, I think the editors put together a helpful volume that is entirely unique. Christian graduate students in these disciplines will be served as they work through it, and professors will find helpful essays for class preparation to familiarize themselves with current argumentation for a variety of views surrounding anthropology." - Themelios "This is an excellent collection of essays which, most commendably, as they say, does what it says on the tin." - David Munchin, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, UK, in The Journal of Theological Studies "this will be a useful reference work for libraries, and its articles should be profitable to those designing an advanced seminar in anthropology" - A. W. Klink, Duke University, USA, in Religious Studies Review "is in my estimation essential for anyone interested what a Christian view of human persons could look like and how these views impact how we understand humanity as bearing the Imago Dei." Brandon L. Rickabaugh, Baylor University in Religious Studies Review Featured in a series of short articles by the Evangelical Philosophical Society " the arrival of The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology is timely indeed. Overall an excellent volume." Kevin W. Wong in The Journal of Analytic Theology "The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology is an excellent resource for scholars of all levels It truly stands as a companion to those doing research in theological anthropology." Joseph McGarry in Anglican Theological Review " the present volume offers excellent developments in the right direction suggesting how Christian anthropology could engage or is already engaging with a more scientific framework." Lluis Oviedo, Antonianum University in ESSSAT News and Reviews "The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology is certainly the place to start for those who want to come to terms with both the questions and answers that concern human constitution, evolutionary biology, the image of God, cognitive neuroscience, human freedom (and much more) as it relates to Christian theology." Mark Hamilton, Free University of Amsterdam in Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies " the material provided in this Companion provides an excellent starting point for thinking through the problems at stake in this area of great contemporary interest." Sam Hole, St George the Martyr Southwark in Reviews in Religion & Theology "Anyone working on theological anthropology will want to study this book." Benjamin Murphy in The Heythrop Journal

Joshua R. Farris is completing The Soul of Theological Anthropology (forthcoming, Routledge, 2016) and co-editing Idealism and Christian Theology (forthcoming, Bloomsbury Academic). Charles Taliaferro has extensive experience in editing original essays, being the co-editor of the first two editions of the Blackwell Companion to Philosophy of Religion, the Cambridge Companion to Christian Philosophical Theology, and the Routledge Companion to Theism. Taliaferro is the co-author with Jil Evans of The Image in Mind: Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination (Continuum, 2013).

Introduction, Joshua R. Farris and Charles Taliaferro Part I Methodology in Theological Anthropology 1 The Madness in Our Method: Christology as the Necessary Starting Point for Theological Anthropology, Marc Cortez 2 Scripture and Philosophy on the Unity of Body and Soul: An Integrative Method for Theological Anthropology, John W. Cooper Part II Theological Anthropology, the Brain, the Body, and the Sciences 3 Evolutionary Biology and Theological Anthropology, Joshua M. Moritz 4 Theological Anthropology and the Cognitive Sciences, Aku Visala 5 Theological Anthropology and the Brain Sciences, Daniel N. Robinson 6 Feminism and Theological Anthropology, Emilie Judge-Becker and Charles Taliaferro Part III Models for Theological Anthropology 7 Self-Organizing Personhood: Complex Emergent Developmental Linguistic Relational Neurophysiologicalism, Warren S. Brown and Brad D. Strawn 8 Physicalism, Bodily Resurrection, and the Constitution Account, Omar Fakhri 9 Anthropological Hylomorphism, Bruno Niederbacher, S.J. 10 Substance Dualism, Stewart Goetz 11 The Human Person as Communicative Event: Jonathan Edwards on the Mind/Body Relationship, Marc Cortez 12 Why Emergence?, William Hasker Part IV Theological Models of the Imago Dei 13 A Substantive (Soul) Model of the Imago Dei: A Rich Property View, Joshua R. Farris 14 Why the Imago Dei Should Not Be Identified with the Soul, Joel B. Green 15 The Dual-Functionality of the Imago Dei as Human Flourishing in the Church Fathers, Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J. 16 Ecclesial-Narratival Model of the Imago Dei, Dominic Robinson, S.J. 17 A Christological Model of the Imago Dei, Oliver Crisp Part V Human Nature, Freedom, and Salvation 18 Free Will and the Stages of Theological Anthropology, Kevin Timpe and Audra Jenson 19 Human Beings, Compatibilist Freedom, and Salvation, Paul Helm Part VI Human Beings in Sin and Salvation 20 Created Corruptible, Raised Incorruptible: The Importance of Hylomorphic Creationism to the Free Will Defense, Nathan A. Jacobs 21 Redemption of the Human Body, Adam G. Cooper 22 Redemption, the Resurrected Body, and Human Nature, Stephen T. Davis 23 Theosis and Theological Anthropology, Ben C. Blackwell and Kris A. Miller 24 Glory and Human Nature, Charles Taliaferro Part VII Chris tological Theological Anthropology 25 The Mortal God: Materialism and Christology, Glenn Andrew Peoples 26 Hylomorphic Christology, Josef Quitterer 27 A Cartesian Approach to the Incarnation, J.H.W. Chan