Homo theomorphicus et theophoricus: a receptive-responsive theory of spirituality
This book explores the broad anthropological foundations of spirituality including science, psychology, philosophy, and theology. Human spirituality is an essential topic in both present-day humanistic and scientific debates. Reflection on spirituality leads us to the conclusion that we are formed b...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leuven Paris Bristol, CT
Peeters
2019
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Conflict, ethics and spirituality (8)
Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Conflict, ethics and spirituality
8 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Spirituality
/ Theological anthropology
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| Summary: | This book explores the broad anthropological foundations of spirituality including science, psychology, philosophy, and theology. Human spirituality is an essential topic in both present-day humanistic and scientific debates. Reflection on spirituality leads us to the conclusion that we are formed both as a vessel to receive the grace and presence of God, as well as to be the bearers of God's image, which is expressed most fully in acts of self-transcendence. In such an approach, the human being emerges as homo theomorphicus et theophoricus. This approach to our nature, finds an equivalent perspective in our spirituality, resulting in a discovery of its receptive-responsive nature. We associate spiritual receptivity with 'God-shape-ness', our state of being formed in the image or likeness of God, that is, theomorphism; our responsiveness engenders 'God-bearing-ness', that is, theophorism. This book is the fruit of extended and intensive research by the author who happens to be a believer. Hence, the last part of it is theological but in its earlier parts it remains faithful to scientific methodology, venturing through neuroscience, psychology and philosophy |
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| ISBN: | 9042937912 |