
Death Before the Fall
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Did animals have predatory natures before the fall? Did God punish innocent animals with a curse because of human sin? Is it possible for theistic evolution to be compatible with the Bible, even though animal death before the fall would contradict the teaching that death began after the first sin?
In this eloquent and provocative "open letter" to evangelicals, Ronald Osborn wrestles with these pointed questions and with the problem of biblical literalism and animal suffering within an evolutionary understanding of the world.
Considering the topic of animal suffering and predation as a theodicy dilemma, Osborn offers an open-minded exploration of the subject, specificallycoming against the fundamentalist and literalist view of the book of Genesis and the creation account. He challenges one-dimensional reading of Scripture and shines a sobering light on the evangelical dogma responsible for advancing viewpoints long ago dismantled by science.
Always acknowledging the traditionalist viewpoint, Osborn demonstrates with a wealth of exegetical and theological insight how orthodox Christianity can embrace evolutionary concepts without contradiction. Osborn forces us to ask hard questions, not only of the Bible and church tradition, but also and especially of ourselves.
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John H. Walton (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School. Previously he was professor of Old Testament at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago for twenty years. Some of Walton's books include The Lost World of Adam and Eve, The Lost World of Scripture, The Lost World of Genesis One, Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament, The Essential Bible Companion, The NIV Application Commentary: Genesis and The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament (with Victor Matthews and Mark Chavalas).Walton's ministry experience includes church classes for all age groups, high school Bible studies and adult Sunday school classes, as well as serving as a teacher for "The Bible in 90 Days." John and his wife, Kim, live in Wheaton, Illinois, and have three adult children.
Ronald E. Osborn (PhD, University of Southern California) is an Andrew W. Mellon teaching fellow in the Peace and Justice Studies program at Wellesley College. He is the author of Anarchy and Apocalypse: Essays on Faith, Violence, and Theodicy.
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Foreword by John H. Walton Introduction Part One: On Literalism Chapter One: The Creation: A Plain Reading Chapter Two: What?s Eating Biblical Literalists?: Creationism the Enlightenment Project ChapterThree: Unwholesome Complexity: Literalism as Scientism?s Pale Mimetic Rival Chapter Four: Progressive vs. Degenerating Science: Weighing Incommensurable Paradigms Chapter Five: Does Your God Need Stage Props?: On the Theological Necessity of Methodological Atheism Chapter Six: The Enclave Mentality: Identity Foreclosure the Fundamentalist Mind Chapter Seven: The Gnostic Syndrome: When Literalism Becomes a Heresy Chapter Eight: Four Witnesses Barth, Calvin, Augustine, Maimonides on the Literal Meaning of Genesis Chapter Nine: If Not Foundationalism, What Then?: From Tower-Building to Net-Mending Part Two: On Animal Suffering Epigraph Two: In Praise of Self-Deprecation Chapter Ten: Stasis, Deception, Curse: Three Literalist Dilemmas Chapter Eleven: A Midrash: C. S. Lewis?s Cosmic Conflict Theodicy Revisited Chapter Twelve: God of the Whirlwind: Animal Ferocity in the Book of Job Chapter Thirteen: Creation Kenosis:Evolution and Christ?s Self Emptying Way of the Cross Chapter Fourteen: Animal Ethics, Sabbath Rest Conclusion Notes Subject and Author Index
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