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From cells to souls, and beyond : changing portraits of human nature / edited by Malcolm Jeeves.

Contributor(s): Jeeves, Malcolm A, 1926-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2004Description: xiv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0802809855 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Religion and science | Human beingsDDC classification: 202/.2 LOC classification: BL240.3 | .F75 2004Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction / Malcolm Jeeves -- Brain, mind, and person: cloning and questions of identity / C. Michael Steel -- The emergence of persons / D. Gareth Jones -- The vulnerability of persons: religion and neurology / David Parkes -- Neurobiological embodiment of spirituality and soul / Warren S. Brown -- Embodied spirituality: experiences of identity and spiritual suffering among persons with Alzheimer's dementia / Glenn Weaver -- Genetic and social influences on religion and values / Lindon Eaves -- Spiritual awareness, personality, and illness / Gaius Davies -- Visual experiences and mental states: understanding Christic visions / Philip H. Wiebe -- Persons in philosophical and biblical perspective / Diogenes Allen -- What does it mean to be human? Another chapter in the ongoing interaction of science and scripture / Joel B. Green -- What is a person? / Alan J. Torrance -- The addressee of divine sustenance, rescue, and elevation: toward a nonreductive understanding of human personhood / Michael Welker -- Toward a composite portrait of human nature / Malcolm Jeeves.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Malcolm Jeeves -- Brain, mind, and person: cloning and questions of identity / C. Michael Steel -- The emergence of persons / D. Gareth Jones -- The vulnerability of persons: religion and neurology / David Parkes -- Neurobiological embodiment of spirituality and soul / Warren S. Brown -- Embodied spirituality: experiences of identity and spiritual suffering among persons with Alzheimer's dementia / Glenn Weaver -- Genetic and social influences on religion and values / Lindon Eaves -- Spiritual awareness, personality, and illness / Gaius Davies -- Visual experiences and mental states: understanding Christic visions / Philip H. Wiebe -- Persons in philosophical and biblical perspective / Diogenes Allen -- What does it mean to be human? Another chapter in the ongoing interaction of science and scripture / Joel B. Green -- What is a person? / Alan J. Torrance -- The addressee of divine sustenance, rescue, and elevation: toward a nonreductive understanding of human personhood / Michael Welker -- Toward a composite portrait of human nature / Malcolm Jeeves.

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