Theologies of the Body: Humanist and Christian - Part III - A Radical Process Interpretation of Science

Can We Create Ourselves?“Humanist and Christian Theologies of the Body”By Benedict M. Ashley, O.P.1985Part III: A Radical Process Interpretation of ScienceChapter 7: Primary Units in Processi: The Meaning of the Evolutionary Process1) The Variety of Evolutionary Processes2) Evolution and Causalityii: False Clues (00:26:12)1) Reductionism2) Process Philosophies3) Clearing Away the Nonsenseiii: Primary Unites (01:00:28)1) Empirical Being2) The Natural Unit3) Units in Process4) Kinds of ProcessChapter 8: Process and Creativity (02:22:10)i: Natural Processes1) Categories and Causes2) Too Many Categories?ii: Transcendent Process: Body and Mind (02:59:26)1) Interiority and Transcendence2) Human Creativity3) The Mind-Body Problem4) Bodily Beauty5) A Radical Process PhilosophyChapter 9: Historicity and the Human Body (04:39:54)i: Two Conceptions of Human Historicity1) Humanism and Historicity2) Christianity and Historicityii: Cultural Relativism (05:19:38)1) Nature, Nurture and History as a Science2) Morality and Cultural Relativismiii: The Bible, Human Historicity and Ethics (06:23:20)1) Adam and Biblical Anthropology2) Natural Law and Christology