Science And Religious Anthropology (ashgate Science And Religion)
by Wesley J. Wildman /
2009 / English / PDF
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"Science and Religious Anthropology" explores the convergence of
the biological sciences, human sciences, and humanities around a
spiritually evocative, naturalistic vision of human life. The
disciplinary contributions are at different levels of complexity,
from evolution of brains to existential longings, and from embodied
sociality to ecosystem habitat. The resulting interpretation of the
human condition supports some aspects of traditional theological
thinking in the world's religious traditions while seriously
challenging other aspects. Wesley Wildman draws out these
implications for philosophical and religious anthropology and
argues that the modern secular interpretation of humanity is most
compatible with a religious form of naturalistic humanism. This
book resists the reduction of meaning and value questions while
taking scientific theories about human life with full seriousness.
It argues for a religious interpretation of human beings as bodily
creatures emerging within a natural environment that permits
engagement with the valuational potentials of reality. This
engagement promotes socially borne spiritual quests to realize and
harmonize values in everything human beings do, from the forging of
cultures to the crafting of personal convictions.
"Science and Religious Anthropology" explores the convergence of
the biological sciences, human sciences, and humanities around a
spiritually evocative, naturalistic vision of human life. The
disciplinary contributions are at different levels of complexity,
from evolution of brains to existential longings, and from embodied
sociality to ecosystem habitat. The resulting interpretation of the
human condition supports some aspects of traditional theological
thinking in the world's religious traditions while seriously
challenging other aspects. Wesley Wildman draws out these
implications for philosophical and religious anthropology and
argues that the modern secular interpretation of humanity is most
compatible with a religious form of naturalistic humanism. This
book resists the reduction of meaning and value questions while
taking scientific theories about human life with full seriousness.
It argues for a religious interpretation of human beings as bodily
creatures emerging within a natural environment that permits
engagement with the valuational potentials of reality. This
engagement promotes socially borne spiritual quests to realize and
harmonize values in everything human beings do, from the forging of
cultures to the crafting of personal convictions.