Name: In Quest of Freedom
Brand: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co.KG
SKU: 9783525569863
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In Quest of Freedom

The Emergence of Spirit in the Natural World

By (author): Philip Clayton, Edited by: Michael G. Parker, Edited by: Thomas M. Schmidt

Published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co.KG

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£47.99

Format: Hardback
Pages: 178
Illustrations: 13 illus
ISBN: 9783525569863
Publication Date: 21-Jan-2009

Subjects:
Religion: general
Geography

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Science deeply challenges classical descriptions of the human person as 'free' and as 'spirit'. This survey of contemporary neuroscience and evolutionary biology explores why these challenges have arisen. At the same time it finds in the religious dimension of human existence powerful resources for speaking of the 'Emergenz des Geistes' and of a deeper sense of human freedom.

Michael G. Parker, PhD, is a philosopher of religion in Frankfurt.

Dr. phil. Thomas M. Schmidt is Professor of Religious Philosophy at the Department of Catholic Theology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.

Philip Clayton, PhD, is Ingraham Professor at the Claremont School of Theology and Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Claremont Graduate University.