9 Human being, individual and social ‘Know hy Socrates exhortation argent, ad problemi 8 urgent becausethe uaa ee tthe dawn ofthe thin, lh tinge denis ofthe Cviatanpaadign and tbe ak up of mode, allering rom collective entity eri problematic because it dems {heimpossibl sins to know one tly volves knowing moran Sel Humans the sfmterpreting animals have novels espn tothe chalagewithcreattyand rest svng os kaowlede Deg sconeptslschemes sdcalarl worksalhe Whats hattow erin? fain) To what extent i man’ the proper study not only of mankind [Aleander Pape suggested, bt of thcalogy aswel? Theological ath gy fers adisinveand decisive perspectiveon the ssf what tmnt tobebuman-aquestion folie controversy andone whose anew ht ide seaching consequences atony for theundestandig butloo ocx of bars being: for debates aboot genetic eginering hua ‘hts cology emily, eestion and pli Theta of Chri hl ogy sto cay whats dsinivey elo nis ccount of persons do formulatecrteiafor whats utbenially Chistian ns ecount human being ‘Theological anthropology: method and sigifieance For al hoc borrowings from philosophy, vicwlly none of he ex Christian theologian fet obliged to adhere Yo Soeats peincphe Ihuman cesture enjoys neither metaphysical noe methodol pie plc: humanity comer second both inthe order ofbsing and inthe ref Inoing Augustine’ famous prayer —ourhearsarereessuni they ie he restinthe’ “expresses en sense of humanly srintaton ova Homan binging cial #59 (Gal The homan ratte comes secondo God both nthe ode of being (uel, creation) and inthe onder of knoe nately, elton) The Inman beings metaphysical animal, const by dei for wha i peter than te, for ukimate reality. Jhn Calvin develops Agustin’ night into a methodologeal st princpe: "Without knowledge of Go ‘here sno knowledge ofl” Medea and Reforsed tela 2 ell thee reeds ad confessions, typi plac thi dios of tio: telogy fe thedotine of Go. Theol athropolgy san imp and sevatv, not explicit and foundational doctrine. Weonly reach the stage Ww thologiaanthropelegy when we len tht mas is being who ba 6 \owthGod orather whenweafirmthat Gods theonewhohartadanith aman bring, The primary sources fr casa Christin thinking sbout Juan being aethe doctrine of God andthe book Genesis ‘Modern thology, a the wake th tun toward the subject by ene Descartes and mane Kat, eversed Cali's mas: thre eno kon Ineo Ga excep though knonlege of lt Thee neti an ead tad rght nse st spel Nan man subject acquires founda nal ats: the doctrine of od becomes an mplton of some pet of nan being. Friedre Scherache, fr instance conceives of teelagy Inthe sence of fman) ah rather thi the scence of Co foe Radel Tulimann theologial statements ar primary sterents about horn ‘xstnce, Moder theology reverse the polaris between Cod and haan boing: anduopoogy has this become an ‘nnpeset element coelated itheachofthe major tole pic. “The unto the naj a ot gone unchallenged in twentieth entry theolgy oro bein theology byron on hima experince seme ly texchange one mystery fr anther, Furthermore, though Christan thelogy cay eae both with Go ad unary, the nv is whether (Gstian anthropology shouldbe athropocetric rather than heen av sar nearly etic of modern theloy, charge era heoloy with ‘er geting beyond anthropology. arth mois Calvin's maxim none ‘india espe he maintains that teres no knowledge of Goo sl apart ‘womknowedgeofesusChest In Chris Godrevashi humanity hats, Nsteing with andor thelurancretueWesnyerefore sy nthe tke isearaton that humanity is theme of thology notin spite of wea God ithe theme of tenon sum, thecogeal anthropology i the atempt to think ough the mesaingaf the uaa try, ius wom Genesis trough the Gospels othe Apoalpae anda te ved ot eles with an by Goso KeinVrker Stories and scence umany-non theo antopeogy Human este nto bebe try oferen. allo sedempon ater sores lysis yo looper strung sg ee ich verona ht hich pi Teeth ats fates ng omveall ht which eas wom aher thn atures oc xe ae han af aon Tenn? White ree een th Chitin ory of man el “hit vnc of tml sd han ens? On hee and simply gure wal te art and wens a ent ‘manent he sgl aprepnte eey {erchvtencenentsto son tale nero atte tly are A ana spac fr kgs ie ‘oovprate om thedngl spans ec econ ae pt ‘Rint verona ety ta et be depen pes “clined bene Chrisie “Pc umtn enrages, rc’ ofthe wet svt Hum ing aa cso ht x rope oe “jt hc nant ow, do et ht sett {pes 5} Oneonta fran hehe open {ite hm dyn nt cen were key thes ayant scant hema eng Tyla. Tehuman eves elton othe ese eral tl bt et Mocheminey tor gets an adquty eapain oman behav Freedom Homan action reat er hee more distinct eves of ray tin thebehoiurl andthe soa Fin on avin and comm tes epee and the pital tno posible understand cultural trodawithesepoies taken from the ps scenes; th stay of hun ects inedible tote language of ater in maton, Human beings are at ony wetet bt sapiet, alent ony tsve sensation and experiences bu to esc and Interpret them. Wb “Intingiser homo sapiens from ober restr 1 tational. Ely ‘nner pliosophers agreed with Atte: 0 be human is to be # ‘atonal animal The Elightrmentpreaecupton with what sven in the harman condition was lnfiebced both by the esi Ciisin ‘ew that what define umanity 6 the sul aes than the boy a {he conviction tat eas cold be wed to define the esence of the ain simul, In he nineteenth century, the new Tuma scenes calenged the Enlightenment vew that there is single universal human nate ‘Whatever le sen anthropelagy esters ti min the conviction hat en unmodited by the cstoms of particu plas do nt ko fc ‘xis. The dsovery that human being is mrtard in dparte itr ‘onterts had a temendous iuct on the concep of humanity man an ‘mal suspended in web of signa he rst hi spon *Culte ‘nesuch web. WithelDithy iggstedthat, wheteasthe stra scenes ‘okt explain th wold by formulating asa, the human scenes ‘eekto understand una ig isereeting what individuals and socie ties heve doe, Life~ both individ! and corporate — ea text clue a fie document. Soil anthropoogts find ill to dow hee tween what sunvesaland necessary inthehuman condition and whats ony conventional and aritrary. Cala anthropoognts offer tick scion’ of ealtres ands determine the range of th variety of the aman species Ii only by charting he Mistral cers finda: tars thatone eventually gine tsp what rete praeters tht eine aman nature Testud caltue provides thelink beeen what men are Inns eapableof becoming andthe actully oe by on, poner) ‘The ars represent another stati for responding Sorte adm ton, Haran beings are selFiterpreing animals The humanities’ express ‘wth the unveslsand the uniqueness, the constants andthe contingencies ot bum selfhood. Literature ea nbostary wher authors sty the thunan contin by exploring the panoply oFhiman pres Atte ald prtryo conse universal rathandthstoe mote owophil han iso Painters, sina seek elfanderstanding though el porta, erbrands works thas ben sid. porrythe whole Frotestan doctrine una being is perhaprin music abore alta humanity exes fee ‘oo and explreit pit Melodie at the speme mystery of ma nd have the ower to mend or end the ern ways ae eal by prychology or physi alle” Bras fourth ynphony, forename tkes so the very theshold of transcendence nd the tela ado other etc and piel redone ofthe man orton Anincoberent sory? According the novelist Walker Percy, the conventional windomfthe ‘went century abou human being cots wo major components th tne owing to madern sen, the other representing rahe teategy of Christa ith On the one and, we understand human bing smorganiem nan envionment ecslogcal unit. endowed geet ke oer organs ith needs and drives’ onthe he and, we view humans ‘tobe srebow endowed with crea eer wigue properties. certain alien ight, reason feed nd ante iit Psy ‘edie that mon educated Westerners would sent ath propos. ‘ttt these two propositions takentogebeaeradialincoeret increasingly ari phlsopy and gener clr alike tha person has become an endangered cee. Modern thore of he self on ekdelanderstenng While eens acouns of human being may be provisional wl Jocomplets, he philosopher’ ses tug wth the ea incerence ‘hai eubject mater, Al sale eit arous Kinds of behaviour, nonesopuadosicl atthe human Allrestuesbaveanintinct or se tony the man restr tks otha rik. Al estes rat tut only the human creature dreams of immorality. Only humans a ‘publ bf war and pace, petra pornography rationality nde eception, greatness and pttines, bri ad vilsny. The challenge hlosophicalsthopoogyeto aceon abet concept he both for our optmiam abut humanity’ cetve posses and ap lim abot many’ destuctve ote ‘Several pstnoeen thinkers deny that thereisany Exe human mt anu qustin whether hom spies i realy rational ama Mit Foucault hs rushed like FidichNictace' madman nt the il square to announce notte death of Go the dest of Man. The au autonomous Knowing soe does not order experience ational aKa Imstakely thought; on the contr, the subjects expeince ordered) the pevlng cara ed sop ces Whatley called ow is not merely pid bt power.‘Man the ovetegnsubjctof knows nly a ecent invention» The knowing subject ony a pron of ii ‘onal power: The human clences shuld therefore be veplced by cara suis nd elo critique The hun reste spears inherently stable tne eng whine cexstence prado othe modern mind and an open seston tthe postmodern. From atheolgal perspective, however, the diproprt fr fain that theses op human being apart i nt that of by tnd soul, nor fide and nity, but ater the teson bet hs ‘menand women were orginally restodanddestinedtobe onthe ea, and whattheyhave actully bcome, on theothe- Theta anol ssn this content, intimately elated othe oepl othe God News that Inman fe ie not meaninglese When the Sprit of God ministers the Word of God, the seifanderstunding of man knot eliminated bat enews ened around, ought ito «new detion and under 3 new lds ‘Christian anrpologis fie that both the epi nd the ending the uma try, bat the origin and destiny of human ing, ate Instly ob undertone ight of the teane Gols creting deeming nd satiny Maman origins: source ofthe self Thre indietve statements alate rom Genesis the book of bag ngs’ ~ form the leading themes in Christan refecton sou human beings Theological anthropology begins wih these statements offhand seeks teoghrellestion, ester understanding eng inthe mage of od Seder nhisn image. (ens 27) (Crna ground their afiration of han digi and personhood Inthe special eemblinc fth nan cretoetots Creator, Yet fat what iistobeinGor'simage saat ofvome thelial dip sth mage Desomethinghumans have door ace? Tobelnthe mag eters so Imani unique capac fo communion with God. With regard all ther restr, Cd sid, Lett be bt the creation of ua bing i pe luce by din deliberation: Let ur make’ Al oer reste wee made scrordng to same ere ptr afer hei Kn!) bt he human rs turer made after he vn pater in orien), Being inthe image fGoddistnguishes the human ceature from allothasand endershuman ‘istenceinilbl Genesis 926, rene the et Church Father toler asystematicdscusion of the nage De drew a distinction beeen image’ and Tikes He soggrtod ‘hat the former refers to huey natura atonal and rot epaces whl theater eters tote spa aspect of he husnan con hat had Ue os tough sia bat estore hag race The for ofthe human ‘onsets chi non ntti! capacities, the matter ofthe human !nay be sinfal or holy, depending on the exten 10 which one recovers the164 Kevin Vanier rset athe Fl Augutine smi lated the human analogy tal interns ofthe indo sb though be developed postion onthe bal ‘isnterpreation ofthe Tit. Human being bas certain vestiges ofthe ‘Tent Let ur mak’ vestiges which Aagustine fn in the humans, namely, the init’ of meray, nelgene and will Angin’ yen Tog enlgythogh oe in the Tein, tends towards omnes nis ‘concept of Godan tarsus ns nauingethopolgy Thi Interpretation thea athe set oftheir toda the normative ‘win Western thoogy oni moder ines. Fite creatrlybeing lo mnt ete round nd brated ‘Stet hereto id nec ing ing. (Can) Human ting le 4 paycho physi cretur an embodied sou ot ensued bd That the sory af uthan origins cuts othe context ofc tin ngewe ugzests that human, ke being in genet re dependent forther energy snd mater oa source ther than themselves This depen dence Go etx compieaton but the theme of he human soy, mi degeneration bt the orginal condition of humankind Pinte im 1 problem thats to besoledby eligi AndGodsaywhathe ha ma fd bol wa ery god (Gnesi 13) The letatons and ges Of human existence and the created onder shoud ot be rece 8c ‘ants but cepted a enabling conditions orindvidal nd scl bly 1 human beings no Tonge fel at he i the worl not bea the world tan appropri exvconmett, bt rather Deca the hve polled i, nd themselves, by refusing the divine intention behind the ‘rested onder ‘Clase theology, despite tsacknowlsgement of he goodness in, tended, under the influence of Nepltoais and eter Hellenistic oncptal schemes opviege the soul ove the body. dualism of bly ‘nd sa nh th to were thought ob separate hough related sub ances evenly invaded Civitan anthropology The rial su which God best int human being, wa considered he perio par ‘hehuman constitution Inded fe Augustine the sou images Cod when overne the boy by sing a a natruent of knowing wll a Toving tthe nv ni pt testa corresponds th one Gone dvin sovereignty. Haman binging ond soil 65 Sucosenul bong {soon atm one ake Rape fram (eon) This thd indicative sentence ae tht huang elation in vy tha the other restore ae not Ser dferntstion ad elation ae Ite dhan mtr of bly When mans are hog to ks Gy ite of thie rains sul, however, the differences between the exes lends not be though thal sguicant The history ofthe ure’ "hnking aout the txy-sulrelatin tered wth ely ate temards uta sen Petia medleval writers with some exp None, condemned the sens peste of sexual intercourse and made twacy mandatory for ery. Yet Adan loneliness in the absence of Temule parte indies the sacl, ot merely se, character ofthe lene between ale and feral Haman destiny destinations the self ‘Whats God's fl purpose forthe aman crest? fhe deine the ‘rae end of uma ifthe go Ife, then we cul ay hat thre etal Inperaives alow fom the thee preceding indeatve statement. These \mperatives guide human striving ae ke the effort to exe and ee sardesie tobe Theimageofthe Son rightcousess onthe ne mtr ented ens of olin ergot dines pba) “The image of Gad concerns not only human origins bt ako human dein, or Marin Lather and Jon Clin, the imag Dis er amaterof sti properties than ofa dynumicotentatin ofthe whole person towards (God Sin taro the nan reatre ay rm tee destiny with od and lends the horan creature n pom el, Calvin coatinsst ident the ‘ago De with the so, st insist that he aa has beeme corp. The ttattage of Go ise ool ness Chistes the image f theme Gol Canina 1:1); he “asthe very sump of Kt (Go's) nate” (brewer 3 Lhe cal em ‘Go proper nan’ hrs the toe image Df hamanity ‘mankind's destiny in Chet e pecely the fruton of ‘uid eign in Chit The Gist ‘thea imperative =p onthe ‘ew mature crete fe the Het of Godin true gheouses thos acer integration, or beter, entra: became wht YOu are In (hist become tralyhiman. Bernuth sintering elects in,‘eteguaton (personal and interperona)slessaghenofatre than yl oferace. ‘The creton-cultral mandate: work el anda ndlilhecath anda, C8) “The econ etal innperatie is known athe creation, or cll smandote The human erature, by and sou mist cvs both naire {nd spin In order o become ‘octet’ of ceceeny whorl wrt ‘eston on God's hal Adan’ nating of te ails inevience ois ‘ominon over them Genesis 39-2) However, the Genes doe "ate tha dominion s eth image, bu rithms hat one ‘quence of humanity’ being In Go's image, Moreover, fr fr le ‘hat humankind’ dominion over ature shod eal naa of pone aber than are pace. ne fri nd malhpy” Mas stiny i tobe 3 communal ing, inhabit and shape the oil ar wells the natural word Thi the cori siontoesblhclilsaton and develop Ged going ature Cla {sa orm of series ply in which men and wore, joning together rule governed cin comet share a wor Human beings srt tive meaning to everyday fe trough such sta ‘ply In soc, poitesandeven elon Thehurantas, nb werkad ply sto ‘henatural and vocal wold But towhat end? Werhipand wedding: recta fast ‘ayaa ys ator da rt on ori 10333, ‘TheChistian uy isa sated piy‘tthecenter of whichis the sappet Uhatsursp the minty sd det of eur anlink th crete ality Iman beings anther ail fe wth their exchatlogi destiny Th las wordtesaiconcerningthemraningofbumanlfeandofhuman dew tiny is not work but ether west ~ and feast The Westmister Shorter Catechisn,in response to the opening queso, What the cil end tun? envers to lary Gano enjoy bi ever: Humans gly (Godin they eit in ight reltonships with hee nota enone wth theleellow human restr with the opps sex an with God. Ow ‘destiny i tobe the Ht of create tat Gd een tobe; only the shall we tit the crested oder and agents of harmony ether than dn ‘pion. Human beings ae not the heroes ofthe iman soy fr har leniny snot antrop but thecetr, Mans destined a praise Cod ™ eather tna eng indi ond act 167 Seiptue pictures humanity's enjoyment of Godin terms of sabbath set (lbrows 439-10) and inter of «wedges Revelation 3) As ‘bath rest completes God's erent activity, 50 reuretion completes (Goa work a ne eeation. The end of he tory ofthe human reste sevcpatedin eu resurrection and compltedatthe DayafheLad when {Mthings nol the buon bea fd her roper retin God tot ‘ed for cetiont be lone’ The goodness ofthe mariage reltinship ‘kicedin Genesis animageoftheteendofthehimancrestareaa the Ina far athe casi nation ofthe persona a nda rational subetance was scare rite pd inal abandoned, the modern ond yestodeen chapttsofthe humanstor ae best recanted underthe rari theses allo the sujet Devas privatise the sl by claming that objet and certainty 1 could be bad by subject who koe thrown minds Kant Secuaised the subject by protiming an atonomaur Enowee and doc. The kaon subject odes the world experiences with ctoorierof theoretical esa "he moral sib oder it freedom with caer of patil reson Human conscbasness is alenstiating and human Teadom is self ‘termining hamans re sutonomows individuals abe ougheason ond (redomto transcend toy, try andere Theale and destiny othe human person beam in modernity human afi, = mater of sale ‘transcendence Modern hikers sought to esis he dgnity and value of human persnbood frm below that i, independently af appeals tothe vine The ssondamaniat Maifet’ 3973) declares ‘we begin with tumansnot God nate not dey nls that moral valuesderive het source fom human experienc Yet the autonomous sf bor with such fanfare in modeaity, has increasingly come to be seen a ition, if ot (at fhe Enghtenment Aknowing subject? ‘fe vt objections concerns the sutonomy ofthe nang abject. lighten thinkers believed in the ratonalty ofthe human race. AS ‘ant acknoledge however human istry doesnot actualy confi this ‘misc aay. In he light ofthe phenomenon fra ev, what168 KevtnVonhorer rant thee that the ration animal wl cntnoe tows red “atonal tats forthe good? Given the evident coupon ofhunan fi om, Kant oud only hope hat the end of history woul be atonal Fe (CWE Heel history i ul the fling of Get (Spi) aman fe om, embodied in clue and scion, develops with rata neces. Soren Kekeguardon the ther hand, sa ee nee ner radial contingency, the dying power of the ‘ctherar™ The sll ‘nfnshed and mart choot ual new atevery moment Human bing bn ieregarsaconsitutionaly risky projet Fr the existentialist heist Kierkegaard, the problem of conrete bung (existence) kes precede ‘over propositions soutaaract being (essen) Inthe ight of cals ‘trical existence the cassction of human bring a the ronal ai sppearsomeeat low fot perverse ‘farther ebjeton tothe notion ofthe autonomous ower anc the pela conception of only to which i gue ie, Tobia ‘objective’ isto poston oneal ver again the world‘ there’ Res tecomes an instrument of the raj’ wil power, understand becomes a mans of gaining conto ver some aspet of natural, Fs, realy. Knowledge form of mast. Even fends of madera hive found t necasary to question this notion of knowlege. The pho urge lseras for stanee, notes tw config tendencies, both fmm ss with one another, that follow fom this sobjetcer ‘esson of ational: the one hand, moder thinkers have prota ‘heukinatevaluean ghtsfthe individual onthe oer thesaceasigy technological hart of iatrumentl reason, which teat ares of ie ‘eins that requiterational management tends cnsto the value {ndiidalin tems fir her fmction ationaly inthe modern paraign thus appears asa statey lor suing, inetesing and securing power ver olla ~ un at wt human. Siete Enonledge ‘dominating Knowledge in grep th worl we appropriate it i ursees Tere sade orelton betwee the Careslansbje-objct dichotomy andthe contemporary ecologa tts, The noon ofthe autonomous Kaower this ends up deptsing th Iman creature ot dignity and the earthof tty spiritual subject? ‘Im oedernty’s sry the oman subject i selEconstitting able take carga sel ofits redor and ts eons With his theme, sty has efoctvaly pitied and srlariaed he dasa helical ve Human eng Indian ond soll 169 ‘hat pileged soul over bly Searching ceicsms have Ben dete at \Niseaseept of he autonomous mralsubje aswel ‘ihavouralprychalogins, appeoadng huan being om below; npetha the besvor ofan ops likemart be placedon the sane Ibe.” Instnt nd envionment conditioning are the ey hat revel ‘te rinpring of uma behaviour, Freudlanpeyhologits on the ter hn ontend tha toesplin human behaviour one as to prbe te uncon ‘slows Both chonls age, however tht uma consciousness, that he wie mental eof the nid, neither autonomous nr ston. mand Freud work along wither asso suspicion for example, Ar Marc an redrich Nits), begun deoenting the knowing subject Inte nineteenth cetry Inthe went cetary, sco bilogit ave gested that every aspect of ur sacl ves but subplot ina broader volaonary dea sited by human DNA. The te ory ofthe sli out human genes tht sek to survve lan enongh treads ARTA Istorinstanc slope determined strategy by which some genes are ‘exe forthe greter god ofthe ene pol Onthis ew, man ale fe eeced to bg face: ievaby ales wil be ennai in tenance with theiecs on thurman gene poo Nature swalowsup treedom sth slfabletoberesponsiblefor self as Enlighten and existe ‘ist hikers have generally maittine, os ts bbavog determined? De genes that we inherit predate ctala humans taleobolsm? 0 this? ei pose o sve uma fede ad dignity, to preserve the Iso, and its, on what rounis?9 Arar Peeoce ofr the salen inde that he ise ie whether o ot the thei... none for tlt a one skence operating at sown level canbe shoe to be but special ser of that sreuced 1 the theories, ee, Formulated in some ier branch of cone Why sald one think that human beings ate ‘mhing but sams ad molocales, eos ani, geen and DNA From a ‘hela point of ew, wht constraints our enti makeup places on atures spl tegen within which edo ito operate Homan wing covers» compen hiescy of str (or example biologie, ‘emia pechnegiel oc et} each witha seence appropriate level sthete any compelingreston tobleve that lon are more real ‘tan 7, the eetons of abuman pron scl fat even vine cle ‘hn? flo rrma ackowledgerent ferent lee of ely hat tw one desertion a any one ee shouldbe granted absolute Stats. Inde, ithe very need or tiple eves of desertion inl the27 Kevin Vanhoser propery helo for example the api to elt personaly ‘hat esting anit om the ohe species. Anindividen abject? roses which knoedge and vals te uur transit ‘rey bit deterinisticon he intellectual evel as DNA thought ‘th mole evel Deteminians of are’ for expe, oc ‘ultra ystems which ke language, ae ound into ase ia ‘ppostions for example bdo malemae ethodoeretil tai ‘ured ke language’ Thinking, bevior and langage ae aol shaped by prevailing curl des. Andra a Mart pit of view th Individuals concious thought governed by an underyng idly ielogy has the function bic defines of ensitaing cone ah ‘viduals subjects The sel become funciona hess. Pststrucuralits question the universality an iveinerof ula and nguisic structures. anges Deda ast Mel Foucel i, Aileen ways, the authority of inguin idogeal structure systems by interpreting them ssa expressions of Nietsche' wl ower: Actording Nietzsche human bein filly died ain Der ages and proceso ‘deconstracall temps to signa ton or stable meaning to human being Deri expose al cara ‘onept strctrs Mati, yt of ieences) ac avaysonly conn tional never natal ar rom eproveting the are o thing ang | fathers means of imposing order nother Habit for angg omit history, culture and plies hat Foucault prized tee ot the human sence The i ot the spesking subject ony anf of language ‘Many the atonomons knowing subject i dead. Wha shi ‘ofthe subjectn postmodenty ate lige rpments of adecened sel {n summary: the human story a tldby tradionl Chstaniy was « vin comedy; an count o how iva human subjects souls ‘ved by God Eighteen thinkers tested the human story in secular romance: the adventure ofthe human eubjct in wold wh una ong indian soci 172 al an soil des can be mastered by intron reson ater tenis sce onthe ther hand, were largely tag fr the soe is protagonist and antagonist alensted both from the world and from iketic human existence Finally postendern ccountsae mainly ionic Ino subject ae been expo a ton, ssl congratulatory iy undone I emsins to be seen wheter ar atthe dissolution ofthe tlc paradigm the eset matathe endo thehumanstoryoronly2 Big ae begening, ahner: theological anthropology rom blow! al Rahner cept oder unto he subject ond aims to ds ‘yrethetein th conditions ote possiblity of Ged selfcommmunication hes toexperencthetenscedent the Godt defining cha | eteristicohamanbeing an eapr, thats belveshisfeinaperpetal uching out tthe Abo, nopennes to God"The human restr in Ivar contin, 'nbing who bas todo God Humannatre Simpl the apa or sel ranacendee that the apy for Ca, ‘heturn tothe sujet noo nate turing in upon ones, CCristlogy i cave for Raboers understanding of theslogy and thcopslgy alike. Christ athe union oftheir manifestation othe weston which man i andthe ansner which Gd is On the one hand, (rat represents the cxmination of human openness, the realisation of Imai’ capac for receiving Gd se ‘slp crest Andi ae ee ogi ‘tthe onl wernt tr peat epee a hp Haghes The Tr nage: The vgn and esti of Mon cvs {Grand Rap Mig Erdman, 99) pt tiers Westminster Prem er p60 Ales, Tage Cla Mandl Bale statin Se gs ame Lae: A Sid of ele amet inCabre es Pal Londo Rl Rape 1999 5 Wotan aonb rpg in These Pepe Mather noe Pipa Weiter Pres 85 37 6a ales Wll,toplgy of he OTe Pada ores, 171 ten, ahora New York: WW. non Ca, 95) en Panes Ancroplny > 2h. va ElwartO Wiener ae (NewYork: am Boks, 975), 19 For thesia approains tothe problem one Artur Peacocke, Gan the Ee aeennertin ates cere Peete cian Seer Pe ina a me a 2a encima teint 2 ake eee eaten see mommasenonn 2s iceman deiookineretanrtentanrea