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

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.

Author: Mary L. Vanden Berg
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 12/15/2022
Pages: 158
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d
ISBN13: 9781725267770
ISBN10: 1725267772
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology | Anthropology
- Religion | Religion & Science
- Philosophy | Mind & Body

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.