The Theological Imperative to Authenticity

From a theological viewpoint, this book explores the junction between the philosophical existential idea of the authentic self and its cultural appropriation. This book is illuminating reading for students and scholars of theological anthropology, pastoral theology, ethics and moral philosophy.

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Christy Capper is an Anglican priest and academic. She is currently the Deputy Warden and Lecturer in Systematic theology at Wollaston Theological College, Perth, and was previously the Vice-Principal and Director of Missiology at Uniting College and Adelaide College of Divinity and a lecturer in theology at Flinders University. Christy is interested in constructive theology, theological anthropology, and feminist theologies.

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Introduction 1. What is Authenticity? 2. Human Becoming and the Image of God 3. Identity and the "True Self" 4. Identity as formed in Narrative 5. The Social Human 6. Authenticity: A Definition 7. Authenticity: the definition tested Conclusion