This course introduces students to the centuries old tradition of Christian humanism. We will explore the historical development of Christian humanism and its importance for our views on faith and reason, theology/church and culture, education, the arts, a Judeo-Christian view of personhood, and also for recent discussions concerning the normativity of human nature that arise from technological (AI, transhumanism, and posthumanism), evolutionary, and political developments concerning human rights. The course is designed to show that Christianity contributes fundamentally and essentially to these cultural pressure points. Indeed, evangelicals like Emil Brunner and J.I. Packer, but even more prominently Catholics like Henri de Lubac and Jacques Maritain have argued that Christianity is quintessentially a humanism because of the incarnation. Christianity is fundamentally “theo-anthropocentric” because in His “enfleshment,” God restored humanity to its originally intended goal of communion with God and stewardship over creation. The underlying anthropology of Christian humanism is thoroughly rooted in the Hebrew understanding of Yahweh’s deep concern for creation, that, for Christians, culminates in the New Testament and Pauline Christology: human beings were created for conformity to Christ’s image, the only true eikon of God. God’s becoming human provides the surest antidote to the Cartesian dualistic ontology (separating matter and spirit) that still underlies much of current views of human nature. In this course we will delineate how this foundation has deeply influenced crucial aspects of Western culture.