The Hinge of Salvation: Body, Liturgy, and Bioethics
Dominant trends within the philosophical debate over personhood and identity tend to discount the significance and meaning of the human body and often slip into dualistic conceptions. I will argue that a Catholic theology of the body challenges many of the prevalent unde...
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The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow Press
2013-04-01
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| Series: | The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II |
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| Online Access: | http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/thepersonandthechallenges/article/view/483/411 |
| Summary: | Dominant trends within the philosophical debate over personhood and identity
tend to discount the significance and meaning of the human body and often slip into
dualistic conceptions. I will argue that a Catholic theology of the body challenges
many of the prevalent understandings in bioethics today. Such a notion takes Christ’s
Incarnation as its foundation and seeks to develop an account of the human body in
the context of the call to communion imprinted on humanity as made in the image of
the Trinitarian communion of love. Such a conception counteracts forms of utilitarian
or technological reductionism of the person. While Catholic bioethicists will need
to consider how such an account will have practical applicability to cases, the call
to communion ought to be fostered through the liturgical life of the Church, which
enables Catholic bioethicists to develop a liturgical worldview that guards against
devaluations of the dignity of the human person. |
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| ISSN: | 2083-8018 2391-6559 |