The Hinge of Salvation: Body, Liturgy, and Bioethics

• Authors: John Christopher Sikorski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

Dominant trends within the philosophical debate over personhood and identity tend to discount the significance and meaning of the human body and often slip into dualistic conceptions. I will argue that a Catholic theology of the body challenges many of the prevalent understandings in bioethics today. Such a notion takes Christ’s Incarnation as its foundation and seeks to develop an account of the human body in the context of the call to communion imprinted on humanity as made in the image of the Trinitarian communion of love. Such a conception counteracts forms of utilitarian or technological reductionism of the person. While Catholic bioethicists will need to consider how such an account will have practical applicability to cases, the call to communion ought to be fostered through the liturgical life of the Church, which enables Catholic bioethicists to develop a liturgical worldview that guards against devaluations of the dignity of the human person.

Keywords

EN

Person; body; communion of persons; John Paul II; liturgy; sacraments; Christian anthropology; dualism; utilitarianism; Incarnation; sacramentality; theology of the body; ritual

PL

Person; body; communion of persons; John Paul II; liturgy; sacraments; Christian anthropology; dualism; utilitarianism; Incarnation; sacramentality; theology of the body; ritual

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
• Journal: The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2013

online

2013-07-30

Contributors

author

John Christopher Sikorski

Identifiers

DOI

10.15633/pch.483