A Proposition of Integral Protological Narrative: the Theological Criteria of Humanity and Anthropogenesis according to Empirical Sciences Cover Image

A Proposition of Integral Protological Narrative: the Theological Criteria of Humanity and Anthropogenesis according to Empirical Sciences
A Proposition of Integral Protological Narrative: the Theological Criteria of Humanity and Anthropogenesis according to Empirical Sciences

Author(s): Maciej Witała
Subject(s): Religion and science , Sociology of Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: protology; anthropology; paleoanthropology; hominization; anthropogeny; prehistoric religion; cri- teria of humanity;

Summary/Abstract: The meeting of Catholic protology with the discoveries of specific sciences regarding the origins of the world and man was the cause of many controversies in the past. It seems, however, that such tensions can be avoided by building an integral protological narrative, taking into account both the perspective of faith and the achievements of empirical sciences. Currently, it seems necessary to try to build a narrative in the field of anthropogenesis and the earliest history of man that would take into account both the most important aspects of theological anthropology and the current state of research in paleoanthropology and paleoarchaeology. This may result in interesting conclusions regarding the concept of the human person and the criteria that distinguish humans from the animal world.

  • Issue Year: 41/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 71-93
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: English