THEO1161 Lecture : 11-12-13 Doing the Truth in Love Ch.1.docx
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Concerned with social ethics- frameworks of care for people in society, including attitudes and actions necessary to respond to the needs of others. God is very much on his mind, qualities of god, meaning of god; given what god is there are some direct implications for how we understand human beings. Theological anthropology- the deepest nature of human beings and their deepest potential from a theological perspective (in relation to god) Somehow our understanding of fundamental reality of buddhism (emptiness, etc. ) will inform how we think of what a human being really is in relation to christianity; how are we to live? (comparative theology) No matter how we begin to describe ourselves we cannot because any description we give would change us. We are made in god s image; whatever we are is closely related to what god is (mystery more than we think)