Theologies of the Body: Humanist and Christian - Part II - Christian Theologies of the Body

Can We Create Ourselves? “Humanist and Christian Theologies of the Body” By Benedict M. Ashley, O.P. 1985 Part II: Christian Theologies of the Body Chapter 4: The Platonic Christian Theology i: Biblical Themes 1) The Body is a Tomb 2) Bible and Body 3) Liberation and Resurrection Theme 4) Creation or Image Theme 5) Sin-Death-Cross Theme 6) Wisdom Theme 7) Stewardship Theme 8) Fertility Theme 9) Suffering Servant Theme 00:32:10 ii: Eastern Platonic Christian Theology 1) From the Jewish to Greek World-View 2) Anthropology of Origen and the Cappadocians 3) Anthropology of the Pseudo-Dionysius and St. Maximus 01:20:08 iii: Western Platonic Christian Theology 1) The Anthropology of St. Augustine 2) Medieval Theology Before the Rise of the Universities 02:00:27 Chapter 5: The Aristotelian Christian Theology i: The Aristotelian Alternative 1) Aristotle in the Eastern Church 2) Aristotle in the Latin Universities 3) The Survival of Platonic Dualism 02:49:56 ii: Nominalism and the Shift from Nature to Law 1) Nominalism and Voluntarism 2) From Nature to Law 03:05:47 iii: Renaissance and the Platonic Idealization of the Body 1) The Ideal Body 2) The Mathematization of Natural Science 03:35:34 iv: The Body and the Sacraments 1) The Reformation Subordination of Sacrament to Word 2) The Counter-Reformation Reduction of Sacrament to Law 3) The Desacralized Body 04:32:03 Chapter 6: Christian Theology Confronted by Humanism i: The Cartesian Transition 1) The Phenomenal Body 2) The Cartesian Christian Theology 05:02:38 ii: Christian Reaction to the Rise of Humanism 1) The Rise of Empiricism 2) The Experiment with Idealism 05:36:36 iii: Compromises 1) Protestant Approachement 2) Catholic Approachement 05:57:59 iv: The Dialogue with Scientistic or Positivistic Humanism 1) The Thomistic Revival 2) Recent Renewals 3) The Lessons of History