Book contents
- Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine
- Current Issues in Theology
- Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Creation
- Part II Revelation and Theological Knowledge
- Part III Imago Dei and Uniqueness
- 7 A Copernican Demotion?
- 8 Uniqueness and Sharing the Imago Dei
- 9 Uniqueness, Convergence, and Embodied Cognition
- Part IV Christology, Salvation, and Grace
- Part V Eschatology
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Scripture Index
- General Index
9 - Uniqueness, Convergence, and Embodied Cognition
from Part III - Imago Dei and Uniqueness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
Book contents
- Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine
- Current Issues in Theology
- Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Creation
- Part II Revelation and Theological Knowledge
- Part III Imago Dei and Uniqueness
- 7 A Copernican Demotion?
- 8 Uniqueness and Sharing the Imago Dei
- 9 Uniqueness, Convergence, and Embodied Cognition
- Part IV Christology, Salvation, and Grace
- Part V Eschatology
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Scripture Index
- General Index
Summary
Human beings may be more or less different from any another rational life in the universe, on the basis of whether life elsewhere has converged to similar evolutionary solutions. This chapter also considers the contention, developed from Thomas Aquinas, that rational animals everywhere belong to one overarching shared category.
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- Astrobiology and Christian DoctrineExploring the Implications of Life in the Universe, pp. 169 - 186Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023