Defending Adam After Darwin: On the Origin of Sapiens as a Natural Kind

For many contemporary Christian theologians, evolutionary biology rules out any account of an Adam and Eve that would explain the origin of our species. In response, I propose that they have uncritically embraced the anti-essentialist presuppositions of the dominant scientific narrative for the orig...

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Main Author: Austriaco, Nicanor Pier Giorgio 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center [2018]
In: American catholic philosophical quarterly
Year: 2018, Volume: 92, Issue: 2, Pages: 337-352
Further subjects:B Theology
B Christians
B EVE (Biblical figure)
B LIFE of Adam & Eve
B ADAM (Biblical figure)
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