Creation and Humanity : A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, Volume 3.

Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: In Search of a New Methodological Vision for Constructive Theology -- Desiderata of a "Transversal" Constructive Theology -- I. Creation -- 1. A New Vision for the Christian Theology of Creation -- The Doctrine of Creation in Transition -- Metaphors and Participation: The Nature of the Knowledge of the Created Reality -- Orientation to Part 1: Creation -- 2. Theology of Creation in the Matrix of Sciences, Religions, and Naturalisms -- The Significance of Science for Religions and Theology -- Science and Abrahamic Faiths -- Modern Science and Asiatic Faith Traditions -- Science and Religion in Mutual Critical Dialogue: A Christian Theological Assessment -- Naturalism in Religious and Theological Assessment -- 3. Nature as Creation: A Theological Interpretation -- Nature in Modernity -- The Postmodern Deconstruction of Nature -- Nature as Creation: A Theological Account -- 4. A Trinitarian Theology of Creation -- In Search of an Authentic Trinitarian Account of Creation -- The Love and Goodness of the Father -- The Mediating Role of Christ -- The Life--Giving Spirit -- The Possibility and Conditions of Creation alongside the Creator -- The God--World Relationship in a Trinitarian Framework -- Creation, Reconciliation, and Consummation as the Work of the Triune God -- 5. Nature and Cosmology in Religions' Imagination -- For Orientation -- Creation Theologies in Abrahamic Traditions -- Codependent Origination: The Buddhist Vision of the Origins of the Cosmos -- Hindu Cosmologies of Origins -- 6. Creation in Evolution: An Evolving Cosmos and Emerging Life -- A Changed Worldview and Its Implications for Theology -- The Origins and Conditions of the Universe in Light of Contemporary Cosmology -- The Theological Meaning of the "Beginning" of the Universe: Ex Nihilo in Abrahamic Traditions.

Ex Nihilo in Abrahamic Traditions -- Creation's Space--Time in Theological Perspective -- The Conditions of Life: The Biopic (Anthropic) Principle -- The Emergence and Diversification of Life: Tentative Explorations and Remaining Mysteries -- Evolutionary Theory in Religious and Theological Assessments -- Theological, Philosophical, and Scientific Challenges to Darwinism -- 7. The Trinitarian Form of Continuing Creation and Divine Action -- Providence in Theological Tradition: Reaffirmation and Revision -- Divine Acts in History and Nature -- Toward a Pneumatological--Trinitarian Theology of Divine Action and Providence -- Divine Action, Miracles, and Transcending the Natural -- 8. The Suffering and Flourishing of Nature -- Traditional Theology of Evil and Suffering in Need of Radical Reorienting and Revision -- In Search of an "Evolutionary Theodicy" -- The Pollution of Creation: Ecological Resources and Challenges among Religions -- Ecology and Environment in Asiatic Traditions -- Ecological Resources in Two Abrahamic Traditions -- Eco--theological Challenges in Christian Tradition -- Theological Resources for the Healing and Flourishing of Creation -- II. Humanity -- 9. Introduction: Humanity in a Radically Changed Context -- Theological Anthropology in a New Environment -- Sciences, Religions, and Theological Anthropology -- What Is Theological about Theological Anthropology? -- Orientation to Part 2: Humanity -- 10. An Evolving Humanity: Uniqueness and Dignity in Scientific Perspective -- The Evolvement of Human Uniqueness -- The Evolvement of Mental and Cultural Capacities -- Evolution and Religion -- 11. Humanity as the Image of God: A Theological Account -- Introducing the Theme: The Constitution of the Self and the Image of God -- Image of God as Divine Destiny: A Theological Reading of the Growth of Tradition.

A Trinitarian Theology of the Image of God -- Sociality, Emotions, and Embodiment: Toward a Holistic Account of Humanity -- Embodied and Emotional Human Personhood -- "Male and Female He Created Them" -- The Image of God among Abrahamic Traditions: Jewish and Islamic Views -- 12. "Multidimensional Monism": The Nature of Human Nature -- Introduction: The Confused State of Thinking about Human Nature -- Human Nature in Theological Tradition: A Generous Critical Assessment -- Human Mind and Nature in Current Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives -- The Promise and Liabilities of the Nonreductive Physicalist Account of Human Nature -- "Multidimensional Monism": Toward a Holistic, Pluralistic, and Unified Account of Human Nature -- 13. Freedom and Determinism - Divine and Human -- For Orientation: The "Necessity" of Human Freedom and Responsibility -- Free Will, Determinism, and Neurosciences -- Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom: A Mediating Proposal -- 14. Humanity and Human Nature in Religions' Teachings -- For Orientation: The Diversity of Anthropological Visions -- The Embodied Ensouled Human Being: The Jewish Vision -- The Human Being as Body and Soul: The Islamic Vision -- The Many Hindu Visions of Humanity -- Interdependence, No--Soul, and Dukkha: The Buddhist Vision -- 15. The Misery of Humanity -- Challenges to the Doctrine of Original Sin in Current Theology -- An Appraisal of the Growth of Traditions -- Toward a Contemporary Christian Theology of Sin -- Human Misery in the Vision of Abrahamic Faiths -- The Human Condition in the Vision of Asiatic Faiths -- 16. Human Flourishing in Theological Perspective -- The Beauty and Ugliness of a Good Human Life: The Context for Flourishing -- The Pursuit of Human Flourishing and Liberations as a Theological Task -- Dehumanization and Desecration.

Identity, Race, and Belonging in a Postcolonial World -- Violence or Hospitality -- Work, Economy, and Land -- Epilogue: Continuing a Hospitable Dialogical Conversation in "Global" Theology -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects.

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