UID:
almahu_9949386024902882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 266 pages)
ISBN:
9780429273650
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0429273657
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9781000033892
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1000033899
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9781000033816
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1000033813
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9781000033854
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1000033856
Series Statement:
Routledge new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies
Content:
"This book sets out some of the latest scientific findings around the evolutionary development of religion and faith and then explores their theological implications. This unique combination of perspectives raises fascinating questions about the characteristics that are considered integral for a flourishing social and religious life and allows us to start to ask where in the evolutionary record they first show up in a distinctly human manner. The book builds a case for connecting theology and evolutionary anthropology using both historical and contemporary sources of knowledge to try and understand the origins of wisdom, humility, and grace in 'deep time'. In the section on wisdom, the book examines the origins of complex decision-making in humans through the archaeological record, recent discoveries in evolutionary anthropology, and the philosophical richness of semiotics. The book then moves to an exploration of the origin of characteristics integral to the social life of small-scale communities, which then points in an indirect way to the disposition of humility. Finally, it investigates the theological dimensions of grace and considers how artefacts left behind in the material record by our human ancestors, and the perspective they reflect, might inform contemporary concepts of grace. This is a cutting-edge volume that refuses to commit the errors of either too easy a synthesis or too facile a separation between science and religion. As such, it will be of interest to scholars of religious studies and theology - especially those who interact with scientific fields - as well as academics working in anthropology of religion"--
Note:
Introduction: dialogues in theology and evolutionary anthropology /
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Setting the stage: developing the human niche across the Pleistocene /
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The emergence of complexity and novelty in the human fossil record /
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On Homo naledi and its significance in evolutionary anthropology /
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Becoming wise: what can anthropologists say about the evolution of human wisdom? /
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On the origin of symbols: archaeology, semiotics, and self-transcendence /
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Archaeological evidence for human social learning and sociality in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa /
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An animal in need of wisdom: theological anthropology and the origins of humility and wisdom /
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The loss of innocence in the deep past: wisdom, humility, and grace within a developing understanding of the emergence of human moral emotions /
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Searching for the soul of Homo: the virtue of humility in deep evolutionary time /
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What difference does grace make? An exploration of the concept of grace in the theological anthropology of Karl Rahner /
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Grace in evolution /
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Continuities and discontinuities in human evolution /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Theology and evolutionary anthropology. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 ISBN 9780367221805
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.4324/9780429273650
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429273650
