Edmond La Beaume Cherbonnier

Edmond La Beaume Cherbonnier (February 11, 1918 – March 7, 2017) was an American scholar in the field of religious studies. Quotes By contrast to the favorite intellectual definition of man as homo sapiens, or rational animal, the prophets understand man as homo religiosus, religious animal. On this definition it is meaningless to distinguish between religious and nonreligious areas of life or between religious and irreligious men. He who rejects one religion (or god) can only do so in the name of another. Hardness of Heart: A Contemporary Interpretation of the Doctrine of Sin (New York: Doubleday & Co., 1955), ch. 4, pp. 41–2 External links Category:Philosophers from the United States Category:Theologians from the United States Category:Academics from the United States Category:Columbia University alumni Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Barnard College faculty Category:Vassar College faculty Category:Episcopalians from the United States Category:1918 births Category:2017 deaths Category:People from St. Louis