Aquinas, original sin, and the challenge of evolution
"Is original sin compatible with evolution? Many today believe the answer is "No." Engaging Aquinas's revolutionary account of the doctrine, Daniel W. Houck argues that there is not necessarily a conflict between this Christian teaching and mainstream biology. He draws on neglect...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA
Cambridge University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ Original sin
/ Theory of evolution
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| Further subjects: | B
Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
B Evolution (Biology) Religious aspects Christianity B Sin, Original History of doctrines |
| Summary: | "Is original sin compatible with evolution? Many today believe the answer is "No." Engaging Aquinas's revolutionary account of the doctrine, Daniel W. Houck argues that there is not necessarily a conflict between this Christian teaching and mainstream biology. He draws on neglected texts outside the Summa Theologiae to show that Aquinas focused on humanity's loss of friendship with God-not the corruption of nature (or personal guilt). Aquinas's account is theologically attractive in its own right. Houck proposes, moreover, a new Thomist view of original sin that is consonant with evolution. This account is developed in dialogue with biblical scholarship on Jewish hamartiology and salient modern thinkers (including Kant, Schleiermacher, Barth, and Schoonenberg), and it is systematically connected to debates over nature, grace, the desire for God, and justification. In addition, the book canvasses a number of neglected premodern approaches to original sin, including those of Anselm, Abelard, and Lombard"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1108493696 |