The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, and Religion

Name: The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, and Religion
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ISBN: 9780800625795

By: Philip Hefner

Augsburg Fortress / 1993 / Paperback

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Philip Hefner works in an interdisciplinary fashion, examining human beings both scientifically and theologically. He takes into account forces of biological and cultural evolution. Viewing human beings as essentially created co-creators, he offers a balanced view of humanity as both united with the nonhuman creation and unique within the creation.

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Title: The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, and Religion
By: Philip Hefner
Format: Paperback
Vendor: Augsburg Fortress
Publication Date: 1993

Dimensions: 0.75 X 5.80 X 9.00 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 3 ounces
ISBN: 080062579X
ISBN-13: 9780800625795
Stock No: WW062579X

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"This amazing book takes into account all of the leading premises of the modern concept of biocultural evolution and builds a bridge to religious theory. Its value lies in its ability to pose the major questions and sketch proposals for dealing with them. To my knowledge it is the first work to make such an attempt."
--Solomon H. Katz
University of Pennsylvania

"Hefner's book is a major breakthrough in doing constructive theology. His view of human beings as created co-creators is filled with balanced insight regarding how humans are united with the rest of creation, while having a special place because of their brains and culture."
--Karl E. Peters
Coeditor, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science

Author Bio

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Philip Hefner is Professor of Systematic Theology Emeritus, Lutheran School of Theology, and formerly Director of the Chicago Center for Religion and Science and Editor of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. Among his many publications is The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, and Religion (Fortress Press, 1993).