Publicaties

In this last contribution, we weave together five key themes that have been raised in the different contributions of this volume, and we do so in conversation with the work of anthropologist Tim Ingold. This weaving together confirms the terms ‘relation’, ‘vulnerability’ and ‘love’ as key for theological anthropology in the twenty-first century. A first theme is theological anthropology’s conversation with the discipline of anthropology. The ...

The article presents the state of applied anthropology in Europe, in particular focusing on the application of anthropological knowledge and skills within the private sector. Firstly, the text depicts the historical context, which has had a strong and often negative impact on the developments in contemporary applied anthropology and specifically on applying anthropology in for-profit endeavours. It then provides an overview of this type of ...

One of the most important issues in contemporary fundamental theology is the noted shift away from epistemology and towards the political. Within political theology itself, there is a new ‘economic turn’ that needs to be accounted for. Any substantial theological engagement with politics must also take into account the importance of economy for our socio-political context, especially in its current ‘neoliberal’ incarnation. In this chapter, the ...

One of the main characteristics of the pastoral constitution Gaudium et spes is definitely its further development of a Christian anthropology. This was not merely the result of decisions taken during the Second Vatican Council itself, but also the recognition of the theological shift that had taken place between 1940-1950. This contribution to the history of theology presents that shift in three movements. First, some post-war projects for a ...

Copyright © 2014 Fordham University Press. All rights reserved. Theological anthropology is being put to the test: in the face of contemporary developments in the spheres of culture, politics, and science, traditional perspectives on the human person are no longer adequate. Yet can theological anthropology move beyond its previously established categories and renew itself in relation to contemporary insights? The present collection of essays ...

Love lies at the very heart of the Christian faith and its conception of both God and the human being. Nevertheless, the growing field of theological anthropology has yet to fully avail itself of philosophy’s and theology’s renewed attention to the theme of love. The Introduction to this special issue proposes the phrase ‘in the image of Love’ as an invitation to examine the relation between theological anthropology and love throughout the ...

In this article I address the political use of discourses, symbols and logics of time in historiography and anthropology. For a major part of the article, I focus on the anthropologist Johannes Fabian whose writings offer a strong criticism of the politics of time and also have great relevance for historians and philosophers of history. Fabian criticizes anthropology for treating the Other as if living in another time, and he proposes to counter ...

Cultural artifacts only acquire meaning in a subjective context. This is particularly the case for the domestic interior, which since modernity has a strong link with the subjects inhabiting them. Inspired by the later work of Michel Foucault, we want to present an approach to interiors that takes into account this subjectivity, not only of the inhabitant, but also of the researcher. Using the work of anthropologist Tim Ingold, we will argue ...