Nancey Murphy (California Fuller Theological Seminary)

Bodies and Souls, or Spirited Bodies?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Are humans composed of a body and a nonmaterial mind or soul, or are we purely physical beings? In this clear and concise book, Nancey Murphy argues for a physicalist account, but one that does not diminish traditional views of humans as rational, moral, and capable of relating to God.

Produktdetails

• Current Issues in Theology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9780521676762
• ISBN-10: 0521676762
• Artikelnr.: 21938453

Autorenporträt

Nancey Murphy is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Seminary, California. Her recent books include Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will (OUP, 2009) and Bodies and Souls, or Spirited Bodies? (CUP, 2006).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Do Christians need souls?: theological and biblical perspectives on human nature; 2. What does science say about human nature?: physics
evolutionary biology
and neuroscience; 3. Did my neurons make me do it?: reductionism
morality
and the problem of free will; 4. What are the philosophical challenges?: human distinctives
divine action
and personal identity.