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Intro
Acknowledgments
Contents
Chapter 1: The Task
Part I: Preliminaries
Chapter 2: The "Before" in Theological Anthropology
It Does Not Start with Us: And Why We Forget It
What Comes First? On Realms of Experience Prior to Agency
Is Creation a Gift? Or a Given? Or Both?
Chapter 3: The Anthropocene as a Heuristic Concept and the Role of Experience in Theological Work
The Anthropocene's Perfect Storm
The Spiritual Awareness of the Anthropocene
Chapter 4: Nature in Focus For Various Purposes-Why a Notion of Creation Is Needed for Theological Anthropology
Nature: Contextualized and Historicized
More Than Human Agency: Latour
Creation Instead of Nature? The Gains from a Theological Concept
Chapter 5: On Producing Theological Anthropology in the Anthropocene
A Pragmatist View
The Symbols and Metaphors of Tradition: And Their Present Use
Religion: Practices of Orientation, Transformation, and Normative Reflection
The Theological Vision and the Present Predicament
Part II: Theological Anthropology in the Anthropocene
Chapter 6: The Conditions for the Symbol Image of God
Belief as the Result of Evolutionary Processes
To Make the World a Home: Niche Construction
The Theology of Niche Construction
Agency as Constitutive for Stewardship?
Chapter 7: The Symbol Imago Dei Reconsidered
Basic Traits in the Human Capacity for Using Symbols
Image of God-An Alternative Interpretation
God as Represented
The Desiring and Vulnerable Imago Dei
On Vulnerability
Desire-Basic Features
To Live Lovingly as Imago Dei
Conclusion: Love as the Fulfillment of Desire and Vulnerability
Chapter 8: We Are Not in Control. The Limits of Stewardship
"Stewardship" and Its Problems
Concluding Remarks on Stewardship
Excursus: The Limitations of Kantian Ethics in Light of the Anthropocene
Chapter 9: Erotic Attention to the Whole: The Spirituality of the Imago Dei
Chapter 10: Relation and Separation: Gendered Diversity and Patriarchy in the Anthropocene
On the Need for Recognition of Diversity
The Separative Self and Nature: Elements from Catherine Keller
Chapter 11: A Self-Centered Species
Anthropocentrism's Natural Origin
Narcissism: A Gateway for Understanding the Sinful Relationship Between Humans and Nature
Displacement of Trust: A Contextual Interpretation of Løgstrup
Chapter 12: Sin as Estrangement or Alienation?
Alienation and the Human-Nature Relationship
From Alienation to Sin: Tillich
Chapter 13: The Consumer Society and Sin
Consumer Culture as a Pervasive Influence on Civilization
Consumer Culture: The Moral and Spiritual Dimensions
Chapter 14: The Destruction of Authentic Agency: The Contemporary Relevance of Romans 7
Causes Behind Denial: Norgaard's Analysis
Subjectivity as Bound to Sin: The Consequences of Idolatry
Acknowledgments
Contents
Chapter 1: The Task
Part I: Preliminaries
Chapter 2: The "Before" in Theological Anthropology
It Does Not Start with Us: And Why We Forget It
What Comes First? On Realms of Experience Prior to Agency
Is Creation a Gift? Or a Given? Or Both?
Chapter 3: The Anthropocene as a Heuristic Concept and the Role of Experience in Theological Work
The Anthropocene's Perfect Storm
The Spiritual Awareness of the Anthropocene
Chapter 4: Nature in Focus For Various Purposes-Why a Notion of Creation Is Needed for Theological Anthropology
Nature: Contextualized and Historicized
More Than Human Agency: Latour
Creation Instead of Nature? The Gains from a Theological Concept
Chapter 5: On Producing Theological Anthropology in the Anthropocene
A Pragmatist View
The Symbols and Metaphors of Tradition: And Their Present Use
Religion: Practices of Orientation, Transformation, and Normative Reflection
The Theological Vision and the Present Predicament
Part II: Theological Anthropology in the Anthropocene
Chapter 6: The Conditions for the Symbol Image of God
Belief as the Result of Evolutionary Processes
To Make the World a Home: Niche Construction
The Theology of Niche Construction
Agency as Constitutive for Stewardship?
Chapter 7: The Symbol Imago Dei Reconsidered
Basic Traits in the Human Capacity for Using Symbols
Image of God-An Alternative Interpretation
God as Represented
The Desiring and Vulnerable Imago Dei
On Vulnerability
Desire-Basic Features
To Live Lovingly as Imago Dei
Conclusion: Love as the Fulfillment of Desire and Vulnerability
Chapter 8: We Are Not in Control. The Limits of Stewardship
"Stewardship" and Its Problems
Concluding Remarks on Stewardship
Excursus: The Limitations of Kantian Ethics in Light of the Anthropocene
Chapter 9: Erotic Attention to the Whole: The Spirituality of the Imago Dei
Chapter 10: Relation and Separation: Gendered Diversity and Patriarchy in the Anthropocene
On the Need for Recognition of Diversity
The Separative Self and Nature: Elements from Catherine Keller
Chapter 11: A Self-Centered Species
Anthropocentrism's Natural Origin
Narcissism: A Gateway for Understanding the Sinful Relationship Between Humans and Nature
Displacement of Trust: A Contextual Interpretation of Løgstrup
Chapter 12: Sin as Estrangement or Alienation?
Alienation and the Human-Nature Relationship
From Alienation to Sin: Tillich
Chapter 13: The Consumer Society and Sin
Consumer Culture as a Pervasive Influence on Civilization
Consumer Culture: The Moral and Spiritual Dimensions
Chapter 14: The Destruction of Authentic Agency: The Contemporary Relevance of Romans 7
Causes Behind Denial: Norgaard's Analysis
Subjectivity as Bound to Sin: The Consequences of Idolatry