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In Alone in the World? — first given as the 2004 Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh — J. Wentzel van Huyssteen develops the interdisciplinary dialogue that he set out in The Shaping of Rationality (1999), applying this methodology to the uncharted waters between theological anthropology and paleoanthropology. Among other things, van Huyssteen argues that scientific notions of human uniqueness help us to ground theological notions of human distinctiveness in flesh-and-blood, embodied experiences and protect us from overly complex theological abstractions regarding the “image of God.” Focusing on the interdisciplinary problem of human origins and distinctiveness, van Huyssteen accesses the origins of the embodied human mind through the spectacular prehistoric cave paintings of Western Europe, fifteen of which are reproduced in color in this volume. Boldly connecting the widely separated fields of Christian theology and paleoanthropology through careful interdisciplinary reflection, Alone in the World? will encourage sustained investigation into the question of human uniqueness.

Book of Distinction: 2007
Publication Date: April 2006
ISBN: 9780802832467 (0802832466), $40.00, Hardcover
Illustrations: no
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Author Info

J. Wentzel van Huyssteen is Princeton Theological Seminary’s James I. McCord Profesor of Theology and Science. Ordained in the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa and a native of that country, he holds an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, and a Ph.D. in philosophical theology from the Free University of Amsterdam. His areas of academic interest include theology and science, and religion and scientific epistemology. Van Huyssteen teaches courses on the role of worldviews in theological reflection, theology and the problem of rationality, theology and cosmology, and theology and evolution. He serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, the Nederduits Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, and the Journal of Theology and Science, and is coeditor of the Science and Religion Series (Ashgate Press). He delivered the Gifford Lectures in 2004, titled Alone in the World? Science and Theology on Human Uniqueness.

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	Alone in the World? Human Uniqueness in Science and Theology Van, Huyssteen, J Wentzel List Price: $40.00 Available at the Publisher's website Book Information / Details Author Info Editorial Reviews Press Release In Alone in the World? — first given as the 2004 Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh — J. Wentzel van Huyssteen develops the interdisciplinary dialogue that he set out in The Shaping of Rationality (1999), applying this methodology to the uncharted waters between theological anthropology and paleoanthropology. Among other things, van Huyssteen argues that scientific notions of human uniqueness help us to ground theological notions of human distinctiveness in flesh-and-blood, embodied experiences and protect us from overly complex theological abstractions regarding the “image of God.” Focusing on the interdisciplinary problem of human origins and distinctiveness, van Huyssteen accesses the origins of the embodied human mind through the spectacular prehistoric cave paintings of Western Europe, fifteen of which are reproduced in color in this volume. Boldly connecting the widely separated fields of Christian theology and paleoanthropology through careful interdisciplinary reflection, Alone in the World? will encourage sustained investigation into the question of human uniqueness. Book of Distinction: 2007 Publication Date: April 2006 ISBN: 9780802832467 (0802832466), $40.00, Hardcover Illustrations: no Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Author Info J. Wentzel van Huyssteen is Princeton Theological Seminary’s James I. McCord Profesor of Theology and Science. Ordained in the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa and a native of that country, he holds an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, and a Ph.D. in philosophical theology from the Free University of Amsterdam. His areas of academic interest include theology and science, and religion and scientific epistemology. Van Huyssteen teaches courses on the role of worldviews in theological reflection, theology and the problem of rationality, theology and cosmology, and theology and evolution. He serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, the Nederduits Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, and the Journal of Theology and Science, and is coeditor of the Science and Religion Series (Ashgate Press). He delivered the Gifford Lectures in 2004, titled Alone in the World? Science and Theology on Human Uniqueness. Editorial Reviews no reviews for this title Press Release no press releases for this title
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