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Did Christ have a Fallen Human Nature?

International Journal of Systematic Theology, 2004
Abstract:  Recently, it has become common to claim that the human nature assumed by the Son was ‘fallen’, although sinless. This seems a difficult thing to say with a traditional understanding of original sin. This article explores this difficulty, proposes a possible solution, and then shows that the solution proposed also faces logical difficulties ...
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Human fallen pose detection by using feature selection and a generative model

2017 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC), 2017
In this paper we are interesting in knowing which features provide useful information for detecting a fall and how the set of selected characteristics impact the accuracy of detection. For this purpose two sets of features are used. The first one describes the shape of the detected person, and the second one, the change of the shape over the time.
Carolina Maldonado-Mendez, Ana Luisa Solis, Homero Vladimir Rios-Figueroa, Antonio Marin-Hernandez   +3 more
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Fallen or Unfallen? Christ's Human Nature and the Ontology of Human Sinfulness

International Journal of Systematic Theology, 2008
Abstract:  Because Christ's sinlessness is a matter of virtual consensus among Christians, debates over whether the human nature he assumed was fallen or unfallen turn on the ontological conditions of his being ‘without sin’ (Heb. 4:15). The claim that Christ assumed a fallen nature can be defended by distinguishing between fallenness and sinfulness as
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Fallen Angels or Rising Beasts? Theological Perspectives on Human Uniqueness

Theology and Science, 2003
Are human beings bearers of the divine as the Christian understanding of the imago Dei suggests? Or, are we merely rational animals, as a scientific assessment suggests? In this article, I contend that both theological and scientific explanations complement each other.
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Have the human geographical can(n)ons fallen silent; or were they never primed?

Journal of Historical Geography, 2015
Abstract A disciplinary canon comprises a body of work – almost invariably textual – that is represented as highly influential in its development, laying the foundations on which contemporary practices have been built. Such works, most often books, are sources that all students should address to appreciate the disciplinary fundamentals – where it has
Johnston, Ron, Sidaway, James D.
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Risen Apes and Fallen Angels: The New Museology of Human Origins

Curator: The Museum Journal, 2011
Abstract  There has been a little explosion of “origin” exhibitions in the past few years. The recent bicentennial of Darwin’s birth, in 2009, ushered in a bevy of traveling exhibitions and events. Grand‐scale permanent exhibitions have recently opened at the American Museum of Natural History (the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins) in New York, and the ...
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Fallenness and anhypostasis: a way forward in the debate over Christ's humanity

Scottish Journal of Theology, 2014
AbstractThe doctrine of the incarnation suggests that Christ is necessarily like us in some respects, and also unlike us in others. One long-standing debate in modern christology concerns whether Jesus’ human nature ought to be regarded as ‘fallen’ – as conditioned by the effects of the Fall – despite the fact that he himself remained without sin (Heb ...
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Human Trafficking and Lack of Law Enforcement Education: Why Our Top-Down Approaches to Human Trafficking Have Consistently Fallen Flat

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
This article attempts to address current human trafficking issues in the United States by exploring the history of victimhood and current law enforcement approaches to human trafficking violations.
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ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS FOR A FALLEN WORLD: JOHANN JAKOB SCHEUCHZER (1672–1733) AND THE BOUNDARIES OF HUMAN AGENCY

Earth Sciences History, 2020
ABSTRACT This article traces the formation of a (self-)critical discourse around human environmental agency in early Enlightenment Europe, focusing on the Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672–1733) and the Royal Society milieus to which he was connected.
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THE INTEGRITY AND FALLENNESS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE

The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 1987
Patrick L. Bourgeois, Frank Schalow
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