Saving the Neanderthals
Sin, Salvation, and Hard Evolution
1st Edition
Published on 29. October 2019
180 pages
978-1-9787-0655-2 (ISBN)
Description
What happens when the wrench of evolution is dropped into the hopper of Christian theology? Written by a philosopher, Saving the Neanderthals takes evolution as its foil and shows what might have to change in Christian theology in order to make theology compatible with evolution. If the Christian faith is shown consistent with what Mark S. McLeod-Harrison calls "hard evolution," then the softer versions will also be compatible. Indeed, that is exactly what the book argues, specifically for the Christian doctrines of sin and salvation. These doctrines typically rely on some fairly strong realist version of essentialism, which hard evolution denies; but McLeod-Harrison proposes an approach to sin and salvation that is compatible with the anti-essentialist claims of hard evolution.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-0655-2 (9781978706552)
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Book
10/2019
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
€114.80
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Person
Mark S. McLeod-Harrison is professor of philosophy at George Fox University.
Content
Chapter 1: Did Jesus Die for Neanderthals?
Chapter 2: The Issues
Chapter 3: Are Humans Special?
Chapter 4: Is There a Human Species?
Chapter 5: Theologizing Evolution's Challenges
Chapter 6: The Ubiquity of Sin and the Universality of Saintly Love
Chapter 7: Essences, Sin, and Our Neanderthal Sisters and Brothers
Chapter 8: Uniqueness and the Image of God
Chapter 9: Love, Altruism, and the Inevitability of Sin
Chapter 10: The Redemptive Work of the Biological Person, Jesus
Chapter 11: Saving the Neanderthals
Appendix: Is a Literal Adam and Eve Necessary?
Chapter 2: The Issues
Chapter 3: Are Humans Special?
Chapter 4: Is There a Human Species?
Chapter 5: Theologizing Evolution's Challenges
Chapter 6: The Ubiquity of Sin and the Universality of Saintly Love
Chapter 7: Essences, Sin, and Our Neanderthal Sisters and Brothers
Chapter 8: Uniqueness and the Image of God
Chapter 9: Love, Altruism, and the Inevitability of Sin
Chapter 10: The Redemptive Work of the Biological Person, Jesus
Chapter 11: Saving the Neanderthals
Appendix: Is a Literal Adam and Eve Necessary?
