Evolution and the fall / edited by William T. Cavanaugh and James K.A. Smith.
Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xxix, 231 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780802873798
- 0802873790
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Main Collection | Theology House | BS659 EVO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A00436176 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Beyond Galileo to Chalcedon : resources for reimagining evolution, human origins, and the Fall / William T. Cavanaugh, James K.A. Smith -- I. Mapping the questions : -- Human origins : the scientific story / Darrel R. Falk -- In Adam all die? : questions at the boundary of Niche construction, community evolution, and original sin / Celia Deane-Drummond -- What stands on the Fall? : a philosophical exploration / James K.A. Smith -- II. Biblical studies and theological implications : -- Reading Genesis 3 attentive to human evolution : beyond concordism and non-overlapping magisteria / J. Richard Middleton -- "Adam, what have you done?" : New Testament voices on the origins of sin / Joel B. Green -- The mystery of Adam : a poetic apology for the traditional doctrine / Aaron Riches -- III. Beyond "origins" : cultural implications : -- Being all we should have been and more : the Fall and the quest for perfection / Brent Waters -- On learning to see a fallen and flourishing creation : alternate ways of looking at the world / Norman Wirzba -- IV. Reimagining the conversation : faithful ways forward : -- The fall of the Fall in early modern political theory : the politics of science / William T. Cavanaugh -- Is science-religion conflict always a bad thing? : Augustinian reflections on Christianity and evolution / Peter Harrison.
What does it mean for the Christian doctrine of the Fall if there was no historical Adam? If humanity emerged from nonhuman primates--as genetic, biological, and archaeological evidence seems to suggest--then what are the implications for a Christian understanding of human origins, including the origin of sin? Evolution and the Fall gathers a multidisciplinary, ecumenical team of scholars to address these difficult questions and others like them from the perspectives of biology, theology, history, Scripture, philosophy, and politics. - back of book.