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This article on ?Towards a New Eco-Spiritual Anthropology? is based on the perception that modern anthropology is too anthropocentric; to the extent that modern man purports to play God, and to hold supreme dominance over the universe. But the challenges and lessons of universal solidarity that emerge following COVID-19 pandemic have necessitated the call for a new anthropology. Hence ?Towards a New Eco-Spiritual Anthropology? is one such proposed new study on man that takes cognizance of God as the Creator, and humans as having a common home with the universe, including the environment. Therefore, it is the belief of this article that any enquiry of such kind, through a historical and conceptual analysis of Aquinas' notion of ?Creation and Intelligibility? may serve as a vantage point for rethinking modern anthropocentrism. Aquinas' creation from nothing (creatio ex nihilo) implies that God, as the pure actuality (Actus Purus) is the generative source of all things in being, including human beings.

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