T&T Clark Reader in Theological Anthropology [Hardcover]

This reader guides students through this difficult topic, with seven chapters representing an in-depth treatment of a sub-topic within theological anthropology. Starting with an overview and specific methods for this subject, the overall discussion focuses on the exegetical-theological problem of the imago dei. The following chapters offer examination of topics such as: human ontology, freedom and limit, gender and sexuality, personhood and identity and worship and desire.

Throughout this reader, the editors include texts from the patristic, medieval, Reformation and modern eras, while also providing a blend of bible commentary, theological discourse and philosophy. The texts used for this study include thinkers such as Gregory of Nyssa, Kathryn Tanner, Karl Barth, Augustine, Martin Luther, John Paul II, Sarah Coakley and David Kelsey. Each chapter contains an introduction, research/discussion questions and suggestions for further reading.

1.Introduction
Overview and methods in theological anthropology
2.The Image of God
Introduction
Augustine, The Literal Meaning of Genesis
Karl Barth,Church Dogmatics, III/1, 183-207
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Ia. 93
John Calvin, Commentary Upon Genesis 1:26-28
Colin Gunton, The Human Creation: Towards a Renewal of the Doctrine of the Imago Dei
Mary McClintock Fulkerson, The Imago Dei and a Reformed Logic for Feminist/Womanist Critique
Michael Horton, Image and Office: Human Personhood and the Covenant
3. Human Ontology
Introduction
Hans Walter Wolff, 'Nephesh'
Tertullian, fromA Treatise On the Soul
Francois Turrettini, fromInstitutes of Elenctic Theology. 1, 477-88
Nancey C Murphy, Physicalism without Reductionism: Toward a Scientifically, Philosophically, and Theologically Sound Portrait of Human Nature
Wolfhart Pannenberg, fromSystematic Theolol£#