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Die Autoren des vorliegenden Bandes setzen sich mit islamischen und christlichen Vorstellungen vom menschlichen Leben auseinander. Auf der Grundlage klassischer und zeitgenössischer theologischer Fragen und Interessen bieten sie der geistes- und naturwissenschaftlichen Forschung wichtige Einblicke in Debatten über den Menschen, sein Wesen, seine Zukunft und seine Ziele.InhaltsübersichtTim Winter: Introduction Part I: Created in the Image: Human Wholeness Christoph Schwöbel: 'Theology ... defines the whole and complete and perfect human being.' Being Human in the Dispute between Theology and Philosophy: Variations on a Christian, Muslim and Jewish Theme – Recep Şentürk Multiplex Human Ontology and Multiplex Self: An Alternative Understanding of Human Behaviour Part II: Death and Human Becoming Ivana Noble: Created to Be and to Become Human: A Christian Perspective – Lejla Demiri: 'He Who has created death and life' (Q 67:2): Death in Islamic Theology and Spirituality Part III: Belief and Devotion Ruggero Vimercati Sanseverino: 'The Prophet is closer to the believers than they are to themselves' (Q 33:6): A Scriptural Inquiry into the Anthropological Foundation of the Ittibā ʿ al-Nabī (Sequela Prophetae) – Amina Nawaz: Mutual Influences of Christian and Muslim Anthropologies in History: A Case Study of Sixteenth-Century Morisco Devotions Part IV: The Child in Human Becoming Friedrich Schweitzer: The Anthropology of the Child: Opportunities and Challenges for a Neglected Topic in Christian-Muslim Dialogue – Mujadad Zaman: Children in the Medieval Islamic Imagination: A Path Towards Pedagogic Dialogue Part V: Dignity and Sinfulness Daniel A. Madigan SJ: 'These people have no grasp of God's true measure' (Q 39:67): Does the Doctrine of Original Sin do Justice to God and to Humanity? – Ralf K. Wüstenberg: The 'Fall' of Mankind: Structural Parallels between the Narratives of Sin in Christianity and Islam Part VI: Limits to Being, Limits to Naming God Simone Dario Nardella: God, Man, Being: ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī's Explanation of the Intellect's Capacity to Know God in al-Wujūd al-Ḥaqq – Paul-A. Hardy: On Naming and Silencing – Conor Cunningham: Thomas Aquinas' Anthropology: Stuck in the Middle with You Part VII: Futures Michael Kirwan SJ/Ahmad Achtar: 'The wound where light enters': A 'Common Word' for Being Human in Islam and Christianity

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: A Special Place in the World -- Chapter 1: The Biblical Perspective -- 1. The Old Testament View -- a. Humans as Living Beings -- b. Humans as Bodily Beings -- c. Humans as Theomorphic -- d. Human Reason -- 2. The New Testament View -- a. Bipartite and Tripartite Anthropology -- b. Flesh or Spirit? -- c. Two Kinds of Existence -- 3. God's Special Creature -- Chapter 2: The Biological Perspective -- 1. Human Origin -- a. The Evolutionary Theory of Charles Darwin -- b. The Present-Day Picture -- c. Biological and Theological Evaluations -- 2. Human Constitution -- a. Distinction between Humans and Animals -- b. Inborn Forms of Human Behavior -- Physical Constitution -- Social Behavior -- Cultural Evolution -- 3. Human Potential -- a. Neurological and Genetic Aspects -- b. Behavioral Aspects -- Chapter 3: The Philosophico-Religious Perspective -- 1. The Option of Secular Existentialism -- a. Life Bounded by Death -- b. Humanity Thrown upon Itself -- 2. Utopia from the Left -- a. A New World through Revolution -- b. Concrete Utopia -- c. The Right to Be Lazy -- 3. The Impact of Religiosity -- a. A Homespun Religion -- b. The Ambivalence of Secular Humanism -- c. Faith in Human Reason (Humanist Manifestos I and II) -- d. Humanist Manifesto -- e. A Modest Assessment of the Future -- f. The Postmodern Turn -- Part II: Human Freedom -- Chapter 4: The Perspective of the Sciences -- 1. The Perspective of the Neurosciences -- a. The Ambiguity of Freedom -- b. The Functioning of the Human Brain -- c. Consciousness, Free Will, and the Brain -- d. Religious Consciousness -- 2. Freedom from a Psychoanalytic Perspective -- a. The Intrinsic Form of Evil (Freud) -- b. The Integration of Evil (Jung) -- c. The Tragedy of Evil (Fromm) -- d. An Inborn Inclination for Evil

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The paper aims at providing some introductory insights in the project of a theological anthropology of the digital age. The objective is to show that theological anthropology can help us gain an original and valid perspective on the technological transformation we have been experiencing during the last few decades. In order to do so, it is not enough to underline the analogy between some sources of the Judeo-Christian tradition and some aspects of the so-called digital culture. Instead, the objective is to show that theology can offer some theoretical instruments able to offer a deeper insight in our condition. The paper starts from the notion of finitude, interpreted as a blessing and not as a "limit" of our nature. Through the distinction between Promethean and Epimethan approaches to technology, the text focuses on three core aspects of human finitude: corporeality, inner life and otherness.

Following the publication of her book 'Recognising Spiritual Needs in People Who Are Dying' the author reflects on the experience of researching spirituality. The article gives an open and honest insight into the unpredictable challenges, difficulties and humbling experiences that clearly have a profound personal impact that las to a journey of personal discovery and change.

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