Theologies of the Body: Humanist and Christian - Part I - Science, the Body and the Humanist Theology

Can We Create Ourselves? “Humanist and Christian Theologies of the Body” By Benedict M. Ashley, O.P. 1985 Part I: Science, the Body and the Humanist Theology Chapter 1: Can We Create Ourselves? i: We Are Bodies ii: Can We Create Ourselves? - 6:05 iii: The Body and Ethics - 14:19 iv: A Hermeneutical Method - 17:19 1) The Interpretative Dilemma 2) An Expanding Horizon Chapter 2: What Does Science Say We Are? - 38:22 i: We are Thinking Bodies 1) The Scientific Vision 2) We are Communicators 3) We are Self-Aware ii: Our Bodies Serve Our Brains - 47:59 1) We are Brains 2) We are Homeostatic Systems 3) We are Genetic Codes iii: We are Matter-Energy - 1:17:49 1) We are Matter 2) We are Energy iv: We Have Evolved and Will Perish in the Cosmic Epoch - 1:39:02 1) We Have a Cosmic History 2) We are Upstream Swimmers v: A Scientific Definition of the Human Person - 1:57:45 Chapter 3: Humanist Theologies of the Body (1700-2000) - 2:01:03 i: The World-View of Humanism 1) The Humanist Interpretation of Science 2) Contemporary Humanism and the Human Body 3) What Separated Humanism from Christianity? ii: The Empiricist Development of the Humanist World-View - 2:36:50 1) The Newtonian World-View and Deism 2) Darwin and the Evolutionary View of Nature 3) Einstein and the Relativistic World-View iii: The Idealist Critique of the Empiricist Interpretation of Humanism - 3:01:29 1) The Kantian Epistemological Revolution 2) Idealism and Historicity 3) Humanism, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutic Philosophy 4) The Human Body in Art and Literature iv: Resolution of the Inner Contradictions of Humanism - 3:55:33 1) The Marxist Critique 2) Process Philosophy as a Revision of Humanism 3) The Strength of Humanism v: Conclusion of Part I - 4:16:51