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Nov 17, 2022 · This entry will first clarify the various strands of meaning to be discerned in ‘evolution’ and briefly delineate today’s most dominant evolutionary theory, the neo-Darwinian synthesis (section 1). Next, it will summarize the varied responses to Darwinian evolution in each of the main Christian denominations (section 2).
- The Bible and Modern Science
- The Search For Harmony: Concordism
- Beyond Category Mistakes: Perspectivism
- Where Science and Christianity Overlap: History
- In Search of Cocceians
Many people think that accepting the data of evolutionary theory is incompatible with a plain reading of the Bible. According to them, anyone who is convinced of evolutionary theory cannot but reject biblical claims to truth and authority, whereas conversely anyone who wants to be a “Bible-believing Christian” can only reject evolutionary theory. E...
A rather obvious way of handling the tensions is to try to attune our exegesis of the relevant Bible passages to the broadly accepted aspects of evolutionary biology. This approach starts with the presupposition that at a fundamental level what the Bible tells us and what scientists have discovered in their work are in harmony with each other, and ...
The question may be posed whether the presupposition behind concordism in its various forms is valid: Does the Bible indeed provide—or, in some hidden manner, imply—correct scientific knowledge about how (life on) planet earth developed? Was it the intention of the Bible writers—or of the Holy Spirit—to give us that kind of information? Today it ha...
The perspectivism sketched above represents an attractive position. It goes beyond any artificial harmonizing attempt. Instead of trying to “salvage” as many individual biblical texts as possible, it makes a clear and unambiguous choice in favor of the dominant views in natural scientific discourse, while it recognizes in all honesty that often the...
The main upshot of this chapter is that when it comes to truthful biblical interpretation, we have to carefully differentiate between the scope or focus of what the biblical authors wanted to convey and the traces of an outdated model of the world in which they incidentally clothed their message. In doing so, we may learn that we will have to expla...
- Gijsbert Van Den Brink
It would also be overly bold to offer an overview of constructive literature on theistic evolution (seeking to make sense of the Christian faith in ways that would be compatible with evolutionary history) or on evolutionary theology (seeking to boldly offer a theological interpretation of evolution).
Evolutionary creation is the only Christian view of origins that offers a unified vision of science. It does not postulate that those practising certain scientific disciplines are intellectually incompetent or spiritually deceived.
Jun 15, 2016 · Hence we have two interpretative traditions regarding original sin: inherited corruption and inherited guilt. Both have strong support in the history of orthodox Christian theology. And both seem to demand a literal Adam.
Oct 21, 2020 · God reveals himself in his Word (special revelation) and in his works (general revelation), but orthodox Christians have always given primacy to the Bible. Thus, the issue of what the Bible teaches about the world and how this relates to evolution is of cardinal importance in this debate.
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Nov 4, 2020 · In the survey of Christian Dogmatics (Eerdmans, 2017) which I co-authored with Cornelis van der Kooi, we link up with the so-called theological interpretation of Scripture, arguing that we should read the Bible not just as a heterogeneous collection of ancient religious texts but as canon, i.e., as “a gift from the Holy Spirit to keep us ...
