신학적 인간 이해에 관한 시론- 생태-관계적 인간론을 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore the questions and definitions of anthropological insights as old as human history from a theological perspective, that is, a 'theological human being'. The theological anthropology of the Middle Ages understood human beings as the individual subordinated to the universal based on the theocentrism. In modern times, human beings were understood as “a central subject with rational and objective reason” led by humanism. And in the postmodern era, ego-centered anthropology was dismantled and human beings were interpreted as a decentralized self-concept. Theology responded to these diverse human definitions with theological anthropology of each era. In the Middle Ages, it is the concept of human original sin and free will, God's grace and justification. In modern times, it focuses on the good will of man as a subject and hope and autonomous subjectivity for the progress of history. And it introduced the concept of otherness and the responsible self in the postmodern era. However, the emergence of such a theological response to human definitions, which emerged as a product of the times, proves that humans are ambiguous and unconfirmed beings that cannot be defined collectively and comprehensively. Therefore, this study aims to explore the theological significance as human beings of relationship by reconsidering the theological human from the perspective of 'relationship', recognizing the limitations of the overall definition of human nature.