Aquinas, Science, and Human Uniqueness: An Integrated Approach to the Question of What Makes Us Human

Vanden Berg, Mary L

ISBN 10: 1725267764 / ISBN 13: 9781725267763

Published by Cascade Books, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aquinas, Science, and Human Uniqueness: An Integrated Approach to the Question of What Makes Us Human
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1725267764
• ISBN 13: 9781725267763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

What is a human being? What makes humans special, different from other creatures? Or is a human just another animal? Drawing on Scripture, Aquinas, and science, this book seeks to articulate both why and how humans should be understood as special. Despite amazing similarities to other creatures, humans are physiologically, psychologically, and spiritually unique beings. No other creatures--not even angels--have the unique combination of capacities nor the divine calling that humans have. Vanden Berg argues that only humans are material-spiritual, intellective, worshipping beings created specifically for a personal relationship with their Creator and with the stated vocation of caring for God's world and representing God in it.

About the Author

Mary L. Vanden Berg is the Jean and Kenneth Baker Professor of Systematic Theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan.