The Recalcitrant Imago Dei: Human Persons and the Failure of Naturalism. By J. P. Moreland
There are many features of the world, and particularly of the human person, which figure in common-sense or folk ontology, which are difficult to explain within a philosophical or scientific framework of evolutionary naturalism and the causal closure of the physical universe. These are the features...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 477-479 |
| Review of: | The recalcitrant Imago Dei (London : SCM Press, 2009) (Gould, Graham)
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| Summary: | There are many features of the world, and particularly of the human person, which figure in common-sense or folk ontology, which are difficult to explain within a philosophical or scientific framework of evolutionary naturalism and the causal closure of the physical universe. These are the features surveyed in the five main chapters of this book: consciousness, free will, rationality (or the ability to act for reasons, with goals in mind), unified self-awareness (persisting over time and despite material changes), and knowledge of objective moral values (including the intrinsic value and rights of all human persons). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flp132 |