“Eccentric Existence”: David H Kelsey oor teosentriese menswaardigheid

Marais, Nadia

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“…Moreover, the rhetoric of human dignity is prevalent in contemporary ethical debates on issues ranging from "war and poverty to abortion, human cloning, and euthanasia" (Soulen & Woodhead 2006:2), and deeply embedded in the Christian and classical humanist tradition (Soulen & Woodhead 2006:3;Marais 2013a:239-240). The doctrine of the imago Dei has long functioned as the scope within which theological interpretations of human dignity are explored (Marais 2013a;2013b) and has shaped theological anthropology in distinctive ways.…”

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"Adorn the cross with roses"? Justice and human dignity, beauty and human flourishing

Marais

2020

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What does beauty have to do with justice, justification, and salvation? Can the world be saved by beauty? In this contribution, some theological and rhetorical convergences and differences between the discourse on human dignity and the discourse on human flourishing are explored. The role of beauty, in these discourses, is a pivotal concern – especially as often justice and human rights shape the theological discourse on human dignity. A key proposed argument in this analysis is that justice is to human dignity what beauty is to human flourishing, and that these shape or mould the theological language with which salvation – the good news of the gospel – is articulated. The argument concludes by proposing that both forensic language and aesthetic language are born from the fold of Christian soteriology, and that not only the more static, forensic language of human dignity is required to speak about salvation, but also the more pliable, artistic language of human dignity.

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Section: The Glory Of God Human Dignity and Human Flourishingmentioning

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"Adorn the cross with roses"? Justice and human dignity, beauty and human flourishing

Marais

2020

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“Eccentric Existence”: David H Kelsey oor teosentriese menswaardigheid

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"Adorn the cross with roses"? Justice and human dignity, beauty and human flourishing

"Adorn the cross with roses"? Justice and human dignity, beauty and human flourishing

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