Figures in the Carpet

by Wilfred M. McClay

Book Overview

What does it mean to be a human person? This volume is a historical inquiry into that foundational, deceptively simple question. Viewing the human person from various perspectives -- law, education, business, media, religion, medicine, community life, gender, art -- sixteen historians of American life explore how our understanding of personhood has changed over time and how that changing understanding has significantly affected our ideas about morality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802863116
• ISBN13: 9780802863119
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"