Here are the details for the next USyd Postgrad Work in Progress talk: Speaker: Gabriel Watts
Title: Herder’s Theological Anthropology The thought of J.G. Herder displays a palpable tension between his deep commitment to an empirically informed naturalism and his visceral sense of the religious. Nowhere is this tension more apparent than in Herder’s frequent claim that man is made in the image of God. In line with his rejection of speculative philosophy and theology, Herder rejects orthodox theological anthropologies. But his unique interpretation of the image of God doctrine sees that a theologically inspired understanding of human nature informs both his major works in the philosophy of history. In this paper I trace Herder’s attempt to make the image of God doctrine comprehensible within an 18th century natural scientific milieu. In doing so I suggest that Herder’s genius was to make the image of God doctrine both conceptually coherent and empirically defeasible. Time: 4:30pm, Mon Oct 28 Location: S401, Main Quad, University of Sydney Hope to see you all there, Simon Varey Postgraduate Colloquium Co-ordinator
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