The Philosophy of Human Nature in Christian Perspective

Peter J. Weigel is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Washington College in Maryland. He received his PhD in philosophy from Yale University and his MPhil. in logic and metaphysics from the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Aquinas on Simplicity (Peter Lang, 2008). Joseph G. Prud’homme is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Religion, Politics, and Culture at Washington College. He received his PhD. in the interdepartmental program in political philosophy at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous works on political theory, legal and constitutional thought, and religious studies.

Contents: Peter J. Weigel/Joseph G. Prud’homme :Christian Philosophy and Human Nature – Nicholas Wolterstorff: Why Animals Don’t Speak – Robert Sokolowski: Language, the Human Person, and Christian Faith – J. Hayes Hurley: Appositional Consciousness – Roland Teske, S.J.: William of Auvergne on the Various States of Our Nature – Marilyn McCord Adams: The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit: Some Alternative Models – Nicanor Austriaco, O.P.: Immediate Hominization from the Systems Perspective – Germain Grisez: Death in Theological Reflection.