Can We Create Ourselves?

“Humanist and Christian Theologies of the Body”

By Benedict M. Ashley, O.P.

1985

Part IV Chs. 10-11: A Process Theology of the Body

Chapter 10: Ethics of Co-Creative Stewardship

i: Ecology

ii: Food (00:30:31)

1) The Stewardship of Food and Drink

2)The Christian Ideal of Poverty

iii: Security (00:52:28)

1) Stewardship and Aggression

2) The Christian Ideal of Martyrdom and Non-Violence

iv: Sexuality and Sociality (01:10:19)

1) Evolutionary and Other Meanings of Sexuality

2) The Future of Sex

3) A Creative Ethics of Sexuality

v: Information, Society, Creativity (02:12:08)

1) Communication

2) Government

vi: Ethics and History (02:44:21)

Chapter 11: God’s Fullness in Bodily Form (Col. 2:9) (03:19:10)

i: The Son of God

1) Christology from Below, from Above, from Without, from Within

2) The Annunciation of the Virginal Conception

3) Baptism, Temptation, Transfiguration, Sacrifice

4) The Historical Authenticity of these Experiences

ii: The Body of Christ (04:48:41)

1) True Man

2) The Christian Church as the Body of Christ

3) Ministry

iii: The Mother of God (06:37:02)

1) The Mother of Jesus

2) True God