Does God Create Through Evolution? A Thomistic Perspective
Many advocates of theistic evolutionism develop an image of God creating within and through evolutionary processes. Defining their position as “evolutionist creationism,” they conceive God as sharing his divine power to create with his creatures. I claim that evolutionary transformations can certain...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2022
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Theology and science
Year: 2022, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-68 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation |
| Further subjects: | B
evolutionary creationism
B evolutionary transformism B Thomas Aquinas B Creation and evolution B divine governance B theistic evolutionism B primary and secondary causation |
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| Summary: | Many advocates of theistic evolutionism develop an image of God creating within and through evolutionary processes. Defining their position as “evolutionist creationism,” they conceive God as sharing his divine power to create with his creatures. I claim that evolutionary transformations can certainly be thought as particular exemplifications of the concurrence of divine and natural causes. However, because they occur within already existing matter, they should not be conceived as an aspect of divine creation but rather as an important part of divine providential governance and guidance of the created universe toward its end. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2021.2012917 |