Evolution and the Fall
Published on 19. February 2017
190 pages
978-1-4674-4686-0 (ISBN)
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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 politicsCONTRIBUTORS: William T. Cavanaugh Celia Deane-Drummond Darrel R. Falk Joel B. Green Michael Gulker Peter Harrison J. Richard Middleton Aaron Riches James K. A. Smith Brent Waters Norman Wirzba
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Evolution and the Fall
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02/2017
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword, by Michael Gulker
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction: Beyond Galileo to Chalcedon
- I. Mapping the Questions
- 1. Human Origins
- 2. In Adam All Die?
- 3. What Stands on the Fall?
- II. Biblical Studies and Theological Implications
- 4. Reading Genesis 3 Attentive to Human Evolution
- 5. "Adam, What Have You Done?"
- 6. The Mystery of Adam
- III. Beyond "Origins": Cultural Implications
- 7. Being All We Should Have Been and More
- 8. On Learning to See a Fallen and Flourishing Creation
- IV. Reimagining the Conversation: Faithful Ways Forward
- 9. The Fall of the Fall in Early Modern Political Theory
- 10. Is Science-Religion Conflict Always a Bad Thing?
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
