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Title Theology and evolutionary anthropology : dialogues in wisdom, humility, and grace / edited by Celia Deane-Drummond and Agustín Fuentes
Published London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages)
Series Routledge new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies
Routledge new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies.
Contents Introduction: dialogues in theology and evolutionary anthropology / CELIA DEANE-DRUMMONDAND AGUSTÍN FUENTES -- Setting the stage: developing the human niche across the Pleistocene / AGUSTÍN FUENTES -- The emergence of complexity and novelty in the human fossil record / REBECCA ROGERS ACKERMANN AND LAUREN SCHROEDER -- On Homo naledi and its significance in evolutionary anthropology / JOHN HAWKS AND LEE BERGER -- Becoming wise: what can anthropologists say about the evolution of human wisdom? / MARC KISSEL -- On the origin of symbols: archaeology, semiotics, and self-transcendence / ANDREW ROBINSON -- Archaeological evidence for human social learning and sociality in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa / JAYNE WILKINS -- An animal in need of wisdom: theological anthropology and the origins of humility and wisdom / JAN-OLAV HENRIKSEN -- The loss of innocence in the deep past: wisdom, humility, and grace within a developing understanding of the emergence of human moral emotions / PENNY SPIKINS -- Searching for the soul of Homo: the virtue of humility in deep evolutionary time / CELIA DEANE-DRUMMOND -- What difference does grace make? An exploration of the concept of grace in the theological anthropology of Karl Rahner / KAREN KILBY AND J. MATTHEW ASHLEY -- Grace in evolution / OLIVER DAVIES -- Continuities and discontinuities in human evolution / JONATHAN MARKS
Summary "This book sets out some of the latest scientific findings around the evolutionary development of religion and faith and then explores their theological implications. This unique combination of perspectives raises fascinating questions about the characteristics that are considered integral for a flourishing social and religious life and allows us to start to ask where in the evolutionary record they first show up in a distinctly human manner. The book builds a case for connecting theology and evolutionary anthropology using both historical and contemporary sources of knowledge to try and understand the origins of wisdom, humility, and grace in 'deep time'. In the section on wisdom, the book examines the origins of complex decision-making in humans through the archaeological record, recent discoveries in evolutionary anthropology, and the philosophical richness of semiotics. The book then moves to an exploration of the origin of characteristics integral to the social life of small-scale communities, which then points in an indirect way to the disposition of humility. Finally, it investigates the theological dimensions of grace and considers how artefacts left behind in the material record by our human ancestors, and the perspective they reflect, might inform contemporary concepts of grace. This is a cutting-edge volume that refuses to commit the errors of either too easy a synthesis or too facile a separation between science and religion. As such, it will be of interest to scholars of religious studies and theology - especially those who interact with scientific fields - as well as academics working in anthropology of religion"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 14, 2020)
Subject Theological anthropology.
Philosophical anthropology.
Human evolution -- Religious aspects.
Religion and science.
Wisdom.
Decision making.
Humility.
Grace (Theology)
philosophical anthropology.
decision making.
RELIGION -- Religion & Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Theology -- Anthropology.
Decision making
Grace (Theology)
Human evolution -- Religious aspects
Humility
Philosophical anthropology
Religion and science
Theological anthropology
Wisdom
Form Electronic book
Author Deane-Drummond, Celia, editor.
Fuentes, Agustin, editor.
LC no. 2019052688
ISBN 9780429273650
0429273657
9781000033892
1000033899
9781000033816
1000033813
9781000033854
1000033856