Eden's Garden: Rethinking Sin and Evil in an Era of Scientific PromiseThe time is ripe for a robust discussion of human nature. In Eden's Garden: Rethinking Sin and Evil in an Era of Scientific Promise, Richard Coleman examines the notion of sin in a contemporary world that values scientific and nonreligious modes of thought regarding human behavior. This work is not an anti-science polemic, but rather an argument to show how sin and evil can make sense to the nonreligious mind, and how it is valuable to make sense of such phenomena. The author reconceptualizes sin and evil as "indelible pieces of our evolutionary history" preventing them from being ostracized as "too religious, without substance, mired in the past." Coleman redeems theology for what it can offer to the understanding of sin and evil while embracing and respecting what science can offer to further the common good. Examining themes in religion, philosophy, and theology, it is ideal for use in the numerous courses that move across these disciplines. |
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... Matt Ridley ( The Agile Gene , 249 ) . From his perspective and position at Princeton University's Departments of Molecular and Evolution- ary Biology , Lee Silver thinks this tyranny of fate ends when we let go of religious notions of ...
... Matt Ridley ( The Agile Gene , 249 ) . From his perspective and position at Princeton University's Departments of Molecular and Evolution- ary Biology , Lee Silver thinks this tyranny of fate ends when we let go of religious notions of ...
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... Matt Ridley identifies the bone of contention between philosophers and theologians : During most of the twentieth century " determinism " was a term of abuse , and genetic determinism was the worst kind of term . Genes were portrayed as ...
... Matt Ridley identifies the bone of contention between philosophers and theologians : During most of the twentieth century " determinism " was a term of abuse , and genetic determinism was the worst kind of term . Genes were portrayed as ...
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... Matt Ridley , The Origins of Virtue : Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation ( New York : Viking , 1977 ) ; Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson , Unto Others : The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior ( Cambridge ...
... Matt Ridley , The Origins of Virtue : Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation ( New York : Viking , 1977 ) ; Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson , Unto Others : The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior ( Cambridge ...
Contents
Sciences ComingofAge Story | 43 |
The New Occasion for an Original Temptation | 127 |
A Fresh Interpretation | 161 |
Copyright | |
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