What’s the Good of Humanity?
Ebook
From a Christian perspective, it could well be said that
humanity, a good gift of God, is being undermined by the technology
and thought-patterns and practices of contemporary Western culture.
In response to what is seen as an attack, many books have been
written on the harm of these technologically driven practices.
These articles and books focus on what is wrong: with euthanasia,
with surrogate motherhood, with the denial of the male-female
difference, and so forth.
Yet to make a compelling cultural witness, it is more important for
Christians to know what is right, and essential that they be able
to articulate the positive. Why do babies matter? What is the
goodness embedded in being made male and female? How can one
approach death in a godly manner? We need, in other words, to be
able to give an account of God’s “Yes” (2 Cor 1:20), the hope that
is within us (1 Peter 3:15).
In this collection of essays, an ecumenical group of scholars, of
diverse perspectives, discuss these and other important questions,
in order to help discern what is good for humanity.
With contributions by:
Phillip Cary Donna Freitas Paul Hinlicky Edith M. Humphrey Patrick
Lee Gilbert Meilaender Nancey Murphy
“What’s the Good of Humanity?, superbly prefaced and
edited by Victor Austin and Joel Daniels, is a rich collection of
essays by seven prominent Christian theologians. The essays
skillfully engage in theological anthropology, bringing their
authors’ insights to bear on a question facing all humans created
in God’s image. At a time when the very idea of ‘humanity’ is being
attacked by advocates for a ‘post-human’ world, the seven authors
here help all theists face this challenge wisely.”
—David Novak, University of Toronto
- Title: What’s the Good of Humanity?
- Authors: Victor Lee Austin, Joel C. Daniels
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781725255227, 9781725255210, 9781725255203, 1725255227, 1725255219, 1725255200
- Resource ID: LLS:9781725255227
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-29T20:35:01Z
Victor Lee Austin, program director of the Center for
Catholic and Evangelical Theology, is theologian-in-residence of
the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. His books include Up with
Authority, Christian Ethics: A Guide for the Perplexed,
Losing Susan, and Friendship: The Heart of Being
Human.
Joel C. Daniels is rector of the Nevil Memorial Church of
St. George in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, and postdoctoral fellow at the
Center for Mind and Culture. He is the author of Theology,
Tragedy, and Suffering in Nature: Toward a Realist Doctrine of
Creation. His teaching ministry includes serving as adjunct
faculty at Fordham University and the General Theological Seminary,
as well as training those in formation for Holy Orders in the
Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Society of
Scholar-Priests.