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An Introduction to Theological Anthropology: Humans, Both Creaturely and Divine Kindle Edition

by Joshua R. Farris (Author), Marc Cortez (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
In this thorough introduction to theological anthropology, Joshua Farris offers an evangelical perspective on the topic. Farris walks the reader through some of the most important issues in traditional approaches to anthropology, such as sexuality, posthumanism, and the image of God. He addresses fundamental questions like, Who am I? and Why do I exist? He also considers the creaturely and divine nature of humans, the body-soul relationship, and the beatific vision.
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    April 21, 2020
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"Your one-stop resource for theological anthropology"

"An authentic tour de force, this book is your one-stop resource for theological anthropology, for students and professors alike. Farris demonstrates the fecundity of a broad evangelical Reformed tradition--in constant dialogue with the broader Christian tradition--for a wide array of topics related to the nature of humanity. He articulates a comprehensive anthropology adequately grounded in a doctrine of creation, yet without neglecting either Christology or eschatology."
--Adonis Vidu, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

"What, who, and why am I? Few questions are more complicated and important to answer. Farris offers a bold, lucid, and comprehensive vision of the human person as an embodied soul whose identity and purpose are found in the vision of God. Unapologetically evangelical and Reformed, this introduction is a valuable resource for both teaching and research."
--Joanna Leidenhag, University of St. Andrews

"Farris retrieves the best of the Christian tradition's reflections on human persons while interacting with various challenges of the twenty-first century. His work is attentive to questions arising from modern theology, philosophy, and the natural sciences. It addresses those questions from a broad Reformed and evangelical perspective in a style that will be accessible for many. Farris provides an engaging, integrated work that I look forward to using in my classroom."
--Mary L. Vanden Berg, Calvin Theological Seminary

"With An Introduction to Theological Anthropology,Farris gives the Christian theological community a sorely needed text. It pays careful attention to biblical, theological, and philosophical scholarship, all of which are relevant to this very complicated area of theological research and teaching. Farris's book evidences the sort of interdisciplinary sensitivity demonstrative of the theologian who takes seriously that theology is the queen of the sciences. This text's methodology and content guarantee that I'll use it in my courses."
--J. T. Turner, Anderson University

"Farris is a leading figure in the resurgent field of theological anthropology. In this excellent volume, he distills years of first-rate research into a lively and informative introduction to the subject. Farris expounds the body-soul relationship, creaturely and divine purpose, beatific vision, and deification, boldly pointing the way for Protestants committed to a robust account of theological anthropology."
--Jerry L. Walls, Houston Baptist University

About the Author

Joshua R. Farris (PhD, University of Bristol) is Chester and Margaret Paluch Lecturer for 2019-2020 at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake. He was assistant professor of theology at Houston Baptist University and served as a Henry Fellow for the Creation Project at the Carl F. H. Henry Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Farris is also the author of The Soul of Theological Anthropology and the coeditor of several volumes, including Being Saved: Explorations in Human Salvation, New England Dogmatics: A Systematic Collection of Questions and Answers in Divinity by Maltby Gelston (1766-1865), Christian Physicalism?, and The Routledge Companion to Theological Anthropology.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07NDM4Q3X
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baker Academic (April 21, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 21, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.7 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
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Joshua Farris is a teacher, ordained minister, editor, author, blogger, podcaster. His speciality is on the soul, religious anthropology, Divine justice, the atonement, the beatific vision, systematic and dogmatic theology.

He is now the Humboldt Experienced Researcher Fellow at the University of Bochum. He was a previous fellow at The Creation Project, Carl F.H. Henry Center, TEDS, Heythrop College, University of London. He was also the Chester and Margaret Paluch Professor at Mundelein Seminary, University of Saint Mary of the Lake. He has been a Professor and Lecturer at numerous universities.

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  • Ian M
    2.0 out of 5 stars A Little Self-Indulgent
    Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2022
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    This was clearly a doctoral thesis or something, so the academic jargon can be a bit much. The author says in 280 pages what it would have taken anyone else 150 to say. He makes some good points, fleshes out some interesting ideas, but then starts to argue for something and just kind of ends it without any real conclusion. There are also some surprising assumptions, as well: For instance, at one point he discusses our creation and barely pays Intelligent Design or Creationism any attention at all. Just gives a proverbial shrug and offers the academic equivalent to, "evolution is science, so it's settled," and then moves on, casually stepping around the Scriptural problems inherent in the theory in the process. That's a rather intellectually dishonest approach.

    I'll be glad to never read it again.
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  • Owen Crocker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Clear, engaging, well-researched
    Reviewed in Canada on October 14, 2020
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    Farris has done an excellent job unpacking many important theological questions (ex. evolution and Adam/Eve, the soul, gender etc.) through a philosophical lense. Farris has taken what for many would be inaccessible material and made it clear and engaging. Highly recommend.
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