The Human Spirit and Its Appropriation

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" The Human Spirit and Its Appropriation "
Patrick Giddy

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1083034
Doc. No	:	LA126663
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15743012-02501009‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Patrick Giddy
Title & Author	:	The Human Spirit and Its Appropriation [Article]\ Patrick Giddy
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and Theology
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	25/1-2
Page No	:	88–110
Abstract	:	The reductionist conclusions of some evolutionary theorists are countered by appealing to the transformation of feeling-traces from our evolutionary origins. Presupposed to the science of evolutionary biology is the capacity to get at the truth of things, and to live by values, which Rahner terms “spirit”; its appropriation comes about through the process of moral and intellectual “conversion” (Lonergan), extended into the realm of feelings and the psyche (Doran). This allows a non-supernaturalistic way of understanding the saving interpersonal transaction at the heart of Christian belief; framed as a personal journey, it implies a less conceptual and more imaginal approach to faith. The reductionist conclusions of some evolutionary theorists are countered by appealing to the transformation of feeling-traces from our evolutionary origins. Presupposed to the science of evolutionary biology is the capacity to get at the truth of things, and to live by values, which Rahner terms “spirit”; its appropriation comes about through the process of moral and intellectual “conversion” (Lonergan), extended into the realm of feelings and the psyche (Doran). This allows a non-supernaturalistic way of understanding the saving interpersonal transaction at the heart of Christian belief; framed as a personal journey, it implies a less conceptual and more imaginal approach to faith.
Descriptor	:	Bernard Lonergan
Descriptor	:	evolutionary ethics
Descriptor	:	Karl Rahner
Descriptor	:	psychic conversion
Descriptor	:	reductionism
Descriptor	:	religious symbology
Descriptor	:	Robert Doran
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15743012-02501009‬