Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design, and Origins Questions (Major Works)
Description
Preface
Creation and evolution became a central issue in Western Christianity, and Orthodox may be very interested in either young-earth Creationism or showing harmony between the Fathers and evolution. But the central question is on the wrong terms; both opposites are wrong because of what they both hold in common. The Church Fathers usually believed in a young-earth creationism, but none of them made it (to again borrow from Protestantism) "the Article by which the Church stands or falls"; for that matter, the Fathers apparently left behind no work focused on a young earth: an old earth is condemned along with other various opinions, including belief in atoms and molecules such as modern chemistry assumes.
These works are intended, not specifically to convince the reader that the author is right about how life came to be (a point on which the author himself is not convinced), but to put Orthodox bounds on the debate and point to bigger issues.
There are more things in Heaven and earth than are dreamed of in a copy of Western Christianity's debates about origins. This book is meant to help open the reader's eyes to what more there is to see.
Table of Contents
Creation and Holy Orthodoxy: Fundamentalism Is Not Enough
Note to Orthodox Evolutionists: Stop Trying to Shanghai / Recruit the Fathers to Your Camp
The Commentary
Two Decisive Moments
The Evolution of a Perspective on Creation and Origins
Why Young Earthers Aren't Completely Crazy
"Religion and Science" Is Not Just Intelligent Design vs. Evolution
Creation and evolution became a central issue in Western Christianity, and Orthodox may be very interested in either young-earth Creationism or showing harmony between the Fathers and evolution. But the central question is on the wrong terms; both opposites are wrong because of what they both hold in common. The Church Fathers usually believed in a young-earth creationism, but none of them made it (to again borrow from Protestantism) "the Article by which the Church stands or falls"; for that matter, the Fathers apparently left behind no work focused on a young earth: an old earth is condemned along with other various opinions, including belief in atoms and molecules such as modern chemistry assumes.
These works are intended, not specifically to convince the reader that the author is right about how life came to be (a point on which the author himself is not convinced), but to put Orthodox bounds on the debate and point to bigger issues.
There are more things in Heaven and earth than are dreamed of in a copy of Western Christianity's debates about origins. This book is meant to help open the reader's eyes to what more there is to see.
Table of Contents
Creation and Holy Orthodoxy: Fundamentalism Is Not Enough
Note to Orthodox Evolutionists: Stop Trying to Shanghai / Recruit the Fathers to Your Camp
The Commentary
Two Decisive Moments
The Evolution of a Perspective on Creation and Origins
Why Young Earthers Aren't Completely Crazy
"Religion and Science" Is Not Just Intelligent Design vs. Evolution
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