Sind wir unser Gehirn?: menschliche Identität im Spannungsfeld von Theologie und Wissenschaft
Human existence is not just biological functioning, but a process and quest for identity and fulfillment: human beings are self-interpreting animals. It is argued in this paper that the search for sexual identity is a human universal, with regard to which transsexuality reveals how complex human sex...
| Published in: | Transsexualität in Theologie und Neurowissenschaften |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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De Gruyter
2016
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Transsexualität in Theologie und Neurowissenschaften
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| Summary: | Human existence is not just biological functioning, but a process and quest for identity and fulfillment: human beings are self-interpreting animals. It is argued in this paper that the search for sexual identity is a human universal, with regard to which transsexuality reveals how complex human sexuality is and how it comprehends different levels of human existence: biology, genetics, neurology, cultural concepts and the inner quest for authenticity. Human beings are thus neither identical with their genome nor with their brain and any concept of scientific naturalism falls short of adequately incorporating the different levels of human existence. From a Christian theological perspective, human beings are understood as God’s creatures and images of God. This does not exclude but has to explicitly include the varieties of sexual identity which we find in human beings. |
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| ISBN: | 3110434393 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Transsexualität. Eine Gesellschaftliche Herausforderung im Gespräch zwischen Theologie und Neurowissenschaften (Veranstaltung : 2016 : Frankfurt am Main), Transsexualität in Theologie und Neurowissenschaften
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/9783110434392-025 DOI: 10.15496/publikation-63684 HDL: 10900/122320 |