Theological Anthropology

Instructor: Edward Antonio

Hybrid: On-line and Gathering Days

E-mail: eantonio@iliff.edu

Tel: 303-765-3163

Books for the Course

Please note that all texts on this list are required unless otherwise indicated as optional

  1. Hans Schwarz, The Human Being: A Theological Anthropology Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2013. ISBN-10: 0802870880; ISBN-13: 978-0802870889
  2. Leslie Stevenson & David L. Haberman, Twelve Theories of Human Nature . (Sixth Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press 2012. ISBN 0-19516974-3
  3. Leslie Stevenson (ed.,), The Study of Human Nature: A Reader (Second Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2012. ISBN 0-19-512715-3
  4. Rosi Braidotti, The Posthuman . Polity Press, 2013. ISBN  10:074564158X Optional
  5. J. Patout Burns, (ed.,& trans), Theological Anthropology . Philadelphia: Fortress Press. 1981. ISBN 0-8006-1412-7
  6. Charles Taylor, Sources of the Self: The Making of Modern Identity . Cambridge: Massachusetts. Harvard University Press. 1992. ISBN-10: 0674824261; ISBN-13: 978-0674824263
  7. Dwight N. Hopkins, Being Human: Race, Culture and Religion . Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 2005. ISBN-10: 0800637577; ISBN-13: 978-0800637576

Articles for further reading are included in the Required Readings section of this syllabus.

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 Iliff engages in a collaborative effort with students with disabilities to reasonably accommodate student needs.   Students are encouraged to contact their assigned advisor to initiate the process of requesting accommodations.  The advising center can be contacted at advising@iliff.edu or by phone at 303-765-1146.

Course Description

Course Objectives

Required Readings

Instructions for Participation

Class Participation

Discussion Guidelines

End of Term Assignment

Degree Learning Goals: Please take some time to look over the Professional Degree Learning Goals (MDiv, MASC, MAPSC) and the Academic Degree Learning Goals (MTS, MA).

Incompletes:  If incompletes are allowed in this course, see the Master's Student Handbook for Policies and Procedures.

Pass/Fail:  Masters students wishing to take the class pass/fail should discuss this with the instructor by the second class session.

Academic Integrity and Community Covenant:  All students are expected to abide by Iliff’s statement on Academic Integrity, as published in the Masters Student Handbook, or the Joint PhD Statement on Academic Honesty, as published in the Joint PhD Student Handbook, as appropriate.  All participants in this class are expected to be familiar with Iliff’s Community Covenant.

Accommodations:  Iliff engages in a collaborative effort with students with disabilities to reasonably accommodate student needs.   Students are encouraged to contact their assigned advisor to initiate the process of requesting accommodations.  The advising center can be contacted at advising@iliff.edu or by phone at 303-765-1146. 

Writing Lab:  Grammar and organization are important for all written assignments.  Additional help is available from the Iliff Writing Lab, which is available for students of any level who need help beginning an assignment, organizing thoughts, or reviewing a final draft. 

Inclusive Language:  It is expected that all course participants will use inclusive language in speaking and writing, and will use terms that do not create barriers to classroom community. 

DateDayDetails
Sep 14, 2016WedHumans: Introductiondue by 05:59AM
Sep 21, 2016WedBeing Human in Christian Perspectivedue by 05:59AM
Sep 28, 2016WedBeing Human in Christian Perspective IIdue by 05:59AM
Oct 05, 2016WedBeing Human in Philosophical Perspective: Plato and Aristotle on Reason, Human Flourishing and and Human Naturedue by 05:59AM
Oct 12, 2016WedBeing Human in Philosophical Perspective: Kant on Reason and Free Willdue by 05:59AM
Oct 19, 2016WedBeing Human: Philosophy and the Social Sciencesdue by 05:59AM
Oct 26, 2016WedBeing Human: Evolutionary Naturalismdue by 05:59AM
Nov 02, 2016WedBeing Human: Existentialist Perspectivesdue by 05:59AM
Nov 09, 2016WedBeing Human: Sin and Evildue by 06:59AM
Nov 16, 2016WedBeing Human: The End, Meaning and Identitydue by 06:59AM