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Aquinas, Original Sin, and the Challenge of Evolution

by Daniel W. Houck

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 16.3 x 23.2 x 1.8 cm

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For theologians and students of Christian doctrine

Addresses conflicts between faith and modern biology

You will deepen your understanding of original sin

This book explores the compatibility of original sin with evolution through Aquinas's insights.

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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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Aquinas, Original Sin, and the Challenge of EvolutionAquinas, Original Sin, and the Challenge of Evolution

  • Author

    Daniel W. Houck

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    March 2020

  • Weight

    500g

  • Dimensions

    16.3 x 23.2 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781108493697

  • ISBN-10

    1108493696

  • Eden Code

    5093216

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