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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Page 22
... moral evil . Neiman argues that a new and modern understanding of evil begins when natural and moral evil are separated , which was provoked by the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. It sent shock waves throughout the intellectual world . What ...
... moral evil . Neiman argues that a new and modern understanding of evil begins when natural and moral evil are separated , which was provoked by the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. It sent shock waves throughout the intellectual world . What ...
Page 168
... moral awareness has expanded , moving outward from family and village to the clan and tribe , from nation to race , and most recently to all of humanity in the form of universal declaration of rights . Pinker amplifies Singer by ...
... moral awareness has expanded , moving outward from family and village to the clan and tribe , from nation to race , and most recently to all of humanity in the form of universal declaration of rights . Pinker amplifies Singer by ...
Page 240
... moral and political decision whether to destroy every vial containing the smallpox virus or to safeguard it for the purpose of research . There are only two declared stocks of smallpox on earth . Suspicion abounds that other nations ...
... moral and political decision whether to destroy every vial containing the smallpox virus or to safeguard it for the purpose of research . There are only two declared stocks of smallpox on earth . Suspicion abounds that other nations ...
Contents
Sciences ComingofAge Story | 43 |
The New Occasion for an Original Temptation | 127 |
A Fresh Interpretation | 161 |
Copyright | |
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