Life in the flesh
an anti-Gnostic spiritual philosophy
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Word Count
70,750 words, Guess
Page Count
283 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780199546626
- ISBN-100199546622
- Goodreads5087587
- Library of Congress Control Number2008016174
- OCLC Control Number225852371
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780199546626
- Open LibraryOL16797088M
Classifications
- DDC233/.5
- LCCBT741.3 .C66 2008
- LCCBT741.3.C66 2008
Description
Christianity is deeply interested in the body. In its central mysteries -- creation, incarnation, and resurrection--the body and human flesh are radically implicated. Bodies are persons, and persons are spiritual beings, bearers of the divine image and destined for bodily union with God. From the Bible to the Second Vatican Council, from Irenaeus and Tertullian to Aquinas and Luther, the classic sources of the Christian tradition engender a spiritual philosophy that challenges the ever-present gnostic impulse either to marginalize, or else to worship, the body. Adam G. Cooper brings these rich sources into conversation with numerous contemporary voices in philosophy and theology, offering an illuminating and critical perspective on such pressing social and ethical questions as pornography, feminism, philosophy of mind, sterility, and death.
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