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Reading Genesis After Darwin

By Barton, Stephen C.

Reading Genesis After Darwin

By Barton, Stephen C.

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Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species has changed the landscape of religious thought in many ways. There is a widespread assumption that before Darwin, all Christians believed that the world was created some 6,000 years ago over a period of 6 days. After Darwin, the first chapters of Genesis were either rejected totally by skeptics or defended vehemently in scientific creationism. This book tells a very different story. Bringing together contributions from biblical scholars, historians and contemporary theologians, it is demonstrated that both Jewish and Christian scholars read Genesis in a non-literal way long before Darwin. Even during the nineteenth century, there was a wide range of responses from religious believers towards evolution, many of them very positive. Stephen C. Barton and David Wilkinson argue that being receptive to the continuing relevance of Genesis today regarding questions of gender, cosmology, and the environment is a lively option.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
270
Release Date:
2009-11-11
Publication Date:
2009-11-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195383354
ISBN13:
9780195383355
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[email protected]
Weight:
573 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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