Perfecting Grace: Holiness, Human Being, and the Sciences

by Mark H. Mann

Overview

Mark Mann seeks to renew discussion of the doctrine of holiness in Christian theology by using the human sciences as a tool for theological reconstruction. He identifies the anthropological presuppositions of the holiness tradition and explores the ways that those presuppositions have led to particular assertions regarding the nature of Christian holiness as that doctrine is affirmed by the holiness tradition. He asks to what extent holiness is possible in this life. How is holiness obtained, and to what extent can people gain knowledge of having acheived holiness? Mann uses the resources of the neurosciences, the sociology of knowledge, and psychology to help answer these questions and to provide constructive theological analysis of these questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567025531
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/15/2006
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Mark H. Mann teaches at Colgate University.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1   Holiness and Anthropology in the Holiness Tradition
Chapter 2   A Neuroscientific Perspective on the Nature of Human Being
Chapter 3   A Sociological Perspective on the Nature of Human Being
Chapter 4   A Psychological Perspective on the Nature of Human Being
Chapter 5   Weaving Things Together: A Theological Anthropology in Light of the Sciences
Chapter 6   Responsiblity and Grace: Anthropological Foundations for an Interpretation of Holiness
Chapter 7   Christian Holiness and the Fullness of Being Human