On Christology, Anthropology, Cognitive Science and the Human Body

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On Christology, Anthropology, Cognitive Science and the Human Body is written by Martin Claes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1350296112 (ISBN 10) and 9781350296114 (ISBN 13).

This book reads texts of Augustine on the topic of the human body in the context of contemporary debates in philosophical theology and relevant authors from the cognitive science of religion. Martin Claes focuses particularly on Augustine's special position in the intellectual discourses of Western philosophy (free will, theodicy), theology (grace, incarnation) and humanities (anthropology, political sciences, law), arguing that his written work is an excellent point of departure for a multidimensional scholarly approach. The reading in this book shows that a different picture emerges if we make the effort to situate Augustine's mature anthropology within contemporary debates in philosophical theology and cognitive science of religion. Omnipotence, vulnerability, suffering but also purification and perfection are discussed in dialogue between patristic and philosophical theology; the human offers the clue to concepts of unity in diversity in Christ.