Human Origins and the Image of God: Essays in Honor of J. Wentzel van Huyssteen - Hardcover

Christopher Lilley|Daniel Pedersen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802875149 ISBN 13: 9780802875143

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2017

Synopsis

How did human beings originate? What, if anything, makes us unique? These questions have long been central to philosophers, theologians, and scientists. This book continues that robust interdisciplinary conversation with contributions from an international team of scholars whose expertise ranges from biology and anthropology to philosophical theology and ethics. The fourteen chapters in this volume are organized around Wentzel van Huyssteen's pioneering work in human rationality, embodiment, and evolutionary history. Bringing a variety of diverse perspectives to bear on a hotly debated issue, Human Origins and the Image of God showcases new research by some of today's finest scholars working on questions regarding human origins and human uniqueness.|How did human beings originate? What, if anything, makes us unique? These questions have long been central to philosophers, theologians, and scientists. This book continues that robust interdisciplinary conversation with contributions from an international team of scholars whose expertise ranges from biology and anthropology to philosophical theology and ethics. The fourteen chapters in this volume are organized around Wentzel van Huyssteen's pioneering work in human rationality, embodiment, and evolutionary history. Bringing a variety of diverse perspectives to bear on a hotly debated issue, Human Origins and the Image of God showcases new research by some of today's finest scholars working on questions regarding human origins and human uniqueness.

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About the Author

Christopher Lilley is a PhD candidate in Systematic Theology and Philosophy at Marquette University. Daniel J Pederson holds a PhD in Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802875149
• ISBN 13: 9780802875143
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336