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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... creature . Here is a creation capable of sorrow , moved to empathy , and given to repentance . He is not unlike his creator who reflects on the events that have brought both of them so low . When I run over the frightful catalogue of my ...
... creature . Here is a creation capable of sorrow , moved to empathy , and given to repentance . He is not unlike his creator who reflects on the events that have brought both of them so low . When I run over the frightful catalogue of my ...
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... creatures as distinct from the Creator . Of all creatures the Christian is one who not merely is a creature , but actually says " Yes " to being a creature . Innumerable creatures do not seem even to be asked to make this affirmation ...
... creatures as distinct from the Creator . Of all creatures the Christian is one who not merely is a creature , but actually says " Yes " to being a creature . Innumerable creatures do not seem even to be asked to make this affirmation ...
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... creatures we should not settle for thing less than the elimination of error . Optimism and progress have been science's ... creature who desires too much ? The overwhelming scientific opinion is to deny any essential human nature and to ...
... creatures we should not settle for thing less than the elimination of error . Optimism and progress have been science's ... creature who desires too much ? The overwhelming scientific opinion is to deny any essential human nature and to ...
Contents
Sciences ComingofAge Story | 43 |
The New Occasion for an Original Temptation | 127 |
A Fresh Interpretation | 161 |
Copyright | |
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