Catholicity and Emerging Personhood: A Contemporary Theological Anthropology

by Daniel P Horan, Ilia Delio (Foreword by)

Overview

An exploration of the meaning and identity of the human person in light of a renewed theology of creation, the ongoing discoveries of evolution and natural sciences, and newly appropriated resources in the theological tradition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626983366
Publisher:	Orbis Books
Publication date:	04/08/2020
Series:	Catholicity in an Evolving Universe Series
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

Daniel P. Horan, OFM, is a Franciscan friar of Holy Name Province (NY), assistant professor of systematic theology and spirituality at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and a columnist for The National Catholic Reporter. He is the author of many books, including All God's Creatures: A Theology of Creation and Postmodernity and Univocity: A Critical Account of Radical Orthodoxy and John Duns Scotus.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Foreword Ilia Delio ix

Introduction 1

The Hermeneutic of Catholicity 3

The Development of Doctrine 7

The Meaning of Emergence 12

Cultural Location 15

Overview 17

Part I Creation as Starting Point

1 We Are Creation Too 23

Ecological Consciousness and Remembering Our Origins 24

Recognizing the Kinship of Creation 32

Loving the Dust We Are 37

Animality and Human Personhood 43

2 The Challenge and Promise of Evolution 53

The Meaning of Evolution 56

Insights from Charles Darwin 63

Insights from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 67

Insights from Contemporary Theologians 73

Deep Incarnation and Resurrection 74

Evolutionary Theodicy and Suffering 79

The Meaning of Human Being 82

3 Imago Dei and the Community of Creation 87

The Ambiguity of the Image of God 88

Modern Approaches to the Doctrine 93

Rejection of Imago Dei 94

Redefinition of Imago Dei 98

Expansion of Imago Dei 101

Toward Inclusivity and Distinction 106

Part II Exploring the Human Person

4 Individually Loved into Existence 123

Rethinking Human Nature 125

The Concept of Haecceitas 129

The Significance of Haecceitas for Theological Anthropology 136

"Before I Formed You in the Womb I Knew You" 140

5 Gender, Identity, and Race 143

The Sexism of "Gender Complementarity" 145

The Reality of Transgender Persons 156

The Dehumanization of Racism 171

6 What We Have Done, What We Have Failed to Do 189

The Capacity for Sin 192

Examining Personal Sin 200

The Persistence of Structural Sin 207

Han and the Sinned Against 210

7 Grace and the Capacity for God 217

What Is Grace? 219

Capax Dei and the Supernatural Existential 227

A World of Grace and Everyday Mysticism 233

Conclusion 237

Select Bibliography 243

Index 249