Aquinas, original sin, and the challenge of evolution /

Is original sin compatible with evolution? Many today believe the answer is "no." Engaging Aquinas's revolutionary account of the doctrine, Daniel W. Houck argues that there is not necessarily a conflict between this Christian teaching and mainstream biology. He draws on neglected tex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Houck, Daniel W., 1987- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • Augustine and the long twelfth century
  • Aquinas on original justice
  • Aquinas on the effects of original sin
  • Aquinas on original guilt
  • Original sin and some modern theologians
  • Original sin and the challenge of evolution
  • Original sin
  • A response to some objections.