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Embodied Souls, Ensouled Bodies: An Exercise in Christological Anthropology and Its Significance for the Mind/Body Debate
Contributor(s): Cortez, Marc (Author)
ISBN: 0567260216     ISBN-13: 9780567260215
Publisher: T&T Clark
OUR PRICE:   $51.43  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic
- Religion | Christian Theology - Christology
Dewey: 232
Series: T&t Clark Studies in Systematic Theology
Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.78 lbs) 250 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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The book explores the relationship between Christology and theological anthropology through the lens provided by the theology of Karl Barth and the mind/body discussion in contemporary philosophy of mind. It thus comprises two major sections. The first develops an understanding of Karl Barth's theological anthropology focusing on three major facets: (1) the centrality of Jesus Christ for any real understanding of human persons; (2) the resources that such a christologically determined view of human nature has for engaging in interdisciplinary discourse; and (3) the ontological implications of this approach for understanding the mind/body relationship.

The second part draws on this theological foundation to consider the implications that Christological anthropology has for analyzing and assessing several prominent ways of explaining the mind/body relationship. Specifically, it interacts with two broad categories of theories: 'nonreductive' forms of physicalism and 'holistic' forms of dualism. After providing a basic summary of each, the book applies the insights gained from Barth's anthropology to ascertain the extent to which the two approaches may be considered christologically adequate.