Interpreting the Body

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Taught by SFTS. THE BODY IN THE BIBLE, THEOLOGY AND SCIENCE: This course will engage the following questions: what role does the body play in personhood? in gender? in our relation to ourselves and to God? in creation and redemption? We will also ask: how should we get beyond the substance dualism of body and soul to a holistic understanding of personhood? We will follow the promise of healing via eschatological new creation as it appears in ancient Israel, Greco-Roman literature (esp. medicine and philosophy), New Testament, and systematic theology. Theological commitments will be placed in creative mutual interaction with natural science, especially genetics, neuroscience, transhumanism, and physical cosmology. Audience: MDiv, MA, PhD, certificate students.