Not a Not-Animal: The Vocation to be a Human Animal Creature

This article diagnoses and critiques two ‘not-animal’ modes of theological anthropology: first, the construction of human identity on the basis of supposed evidence of human/non-human difference; second, accounts of the human that take no account of God’s other creatures. It suggests that not-animal...

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Main Author: Clough, David 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2013
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-17
Further subjects:B Theology
B Ethics
B Animals
B not-animal
B Anthropology
B Difference
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Summary:This article diagnoses and critiques two ‘not-animal’ modes of theological anthropology: first, the construction of human identity on the basis of supposed evidence of human/non-human difference; second, accounts of the human that take no account of God’s other creatures. It suggests that not-animal anthropologies exhibit poor theological methodology, are based on inaccurate depictions of both humans and other animals, and result in problematic construals of what it means to be human. Instead, the article concludes, we require theological anthropologies that take as a starting point the relationship between humanity and God and recognise the animal and creaturely context of human existence.
ISSN:0953-9468
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0953946812466482