Human Evolution And Christian Ethics

Author : Stephen J. Pope
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521175305

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Human Evolution and Christian Ethics by Stephen J. Pope Pdf

Can the origins of morality be explained entirely in evolutionary terms? If so, what are the implications for Christian moral theology and ethics? Is the latter redundant, as socio-biologists often assert? Stephen Pope argues that theologians need to engage with evolutionary theory rather than ignoring it. He shows that our growing knowledge of human evolution is compatible with Christian faith and morality, provided that the former is not interpreted reductionistically and the latter is not understood in fundamentalist ways. Christian ethics ought to incorporate evolutionary approaches to human nature to the extent that they provide helpful knowledge of the conditions of human flourishing, both collective and individual. From this perspective, a strong affirmation of human dignity and appreciation for the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity is consistent with a revised account of natural law and the cardinal virtues.

Author : Neil Messer
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334029960

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Selfish Genes and Christian Ethics by Neil Messer Pdf

The evolutionary origins of human beings, and in particular the origins of human morality, have always attracted debate and speculation, not just in the academic community but in popular science and the wider general population as well. The arguments and explanations put forward over the years seem to thoroughly catch the popular imagination, but there is the danger that these explanations tend to step outside the bounds of scientific theory and become powerful popular myths instead. In Neil Messer's "Selfish Genes and Christian Ethics", the author is challenging this tendency. Instead, he provides a Christian theological anthropology, which, among other things, aims to give Christians and the churches the confidence to engage with assumptions that evolutionary theory and religious beliefs are untenable. This is a valuable resource for anyone engaged in the study of theology, providing the reader with the ability to consider both the theoretical and the practical questions raised by evolutionary discussions of ethics and morality.

Author : Philip Clayton,Jeffrey Schloss
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0802826954

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Evolution and Ethics by Philip Clayton,Jeffrey Schloss Pdf

Certain to engage scholars, students, and general readers alike, Evolution and Ethics offers a balanced, levelheaded, constructive approach to an often divisive debate.

Author : Stephen R. L. Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521567688

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Biology and Christian Ethics by Stephen R. L. Clark Pdf

This stimulating and wide-ranging book mounts a profound enquiry into some of the most pressing questions of our age, by examining the relationship between biological science and Christianity. The history of biological discovery is explored from the point of view of a leading philosopher and ethicist. What effect should modern biological theory and practice have on Christian understanding of ethics? How much of that theory and practice should Christians endorse? Can Christians, for example, agree that biological changes are not governed by transcendent values, or that there are no clear or essential boundaries between species? To what extent can 'Nature' set our standards? Professor Clark takes a reasoned look at biological theory since Darwin and argues that an orthodox Christian philosophy is better able to accommodate the truth of such theory than is the sort of progressive, meliorist interpretation of Christian doctrine which is usually offered as the properly 'modern' option.

Author : Matthew Nelson Hill
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830899005

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Evolution and Holiness by Matthew Nelson Hill Pdf

Theology needs to engage what recent developments in the study of evolution mean for how we understand moral behavior. How does the theological concept of holiness connect to contemporary understandings of evolution? If genetic explanations of altruism fall short, what role should we give to environmental explanations and free will? Likewise, how do genetic explanations relate to theological accounts of human goodness and holiness? In this groundbreaking work, Matthew Hill uses the lens of Wesleyan ethics to offer a fresh assessment of the intersection of evolution and theology. He shows that what is at stake in this conversation is not only the future of the church but also the fine-tuning of human evolution.

Author : Percy Gardner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : UOM:39015059373178

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Evolution in Christian Ethics by Percy Gardner Pdf

Author : Michael Ruse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780190241025

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Darwinism as Religion by Michael Ruse Pdf

'Darwinism as Religion' argues that the theory of evolution given by Charles Darwin in the 19th-century has always functioned as much as a secular form of religion as anything purely scientific. Through the words of novelists and poets, Michael Ruse argues that Darwin took us from the secure world of Christian faith into a darker, less friendly world of chance and lack of meaning.

Author : Jack Mahoney
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589017993

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Christianity in Evolution by Jack Mahoney Pdf

Evolution has provided a new understanding of reality, with revolutionary consequences for Christianity. In an evolutionary perspective the incarnation involved God entering the evolving human species to help it imitate the trinitarian altruism in whose image it was created and counter its tendency to self-absorption. Primarily, however, the evolutionary achievement of Jesus was to confront and overcome death in an act of cosmic significance, ushering humanity into the culminating stage of its evolutionary destiny, the full sharing of God’s inner life. Previously such doctrines as original sin, the fall, sacrifice, and atonement stemmed from viewing death as the penalty for sin and are shown not only to have serious difficulties in themselves, but also to emerge from a Jewish culture preoccupied with sin and sacrifice that could not otherwise account for death. The death of Jesus on the cross is now seen as saving humanity, not from sin, but from individual extinction and meaninglessness. Death is now seen as a normal process that affect all living things and the religious doctrines connected with explaining it in humans are no longer required or justified. Similar evolutionary implications are explored affecting other subjects of Christian belief, including the Church, the Eucharist, priesthood, and moral behavior.

Author : Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107168893

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Human Dependency and Christian Ethics by Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar Pdf

This book engages Christian love theologies, feminist economics, and political theory to identify elements of a Christian ethic of dependent care relations.

Author : George Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Ethics, Evolutionary
ISBN : HARVARD:HW20HB

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Moral Evolution by George Harris Pdf

Author : Stephen J. Pope
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1995-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1589014405

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The Evolution of Altruism and the Ordering of Love by Stephen J. Pope Pdf

In this book, Stephen J. Pope argues that contemporary scientifically-based theories of the evolution of altruism provide important insights into one of the fundamental moral problems of Christian ethics, the natural basis of love and its ordering. He explores the contributions evolutionary theory makes to our understanding of the biological foundations of kin preference and reciprocal care, the limits of love, and the need for an ordering of love—issues relevant to any ethic that accords a central role to the deeply natural affections found in friendship, marriage, and the family. He proposes that understanding human nature in its broader evolutionary context brings to ethics a needed balance between the personal and biological dimensions of human nature. In the context of Catholic ethics, Pope points out functional similarities between Thomas Aquinas's use of then-available scientific theories in his interpretation of the natural basis of primary relationships and Pope's own efforts to avoid the deficiencies that characterize contemporary Catholic interpretations of love based on personalism and existentialism. He concludes with a call for a multidimensional interpretation of love, one that incorporates scientifically-based theories about human nature together with an appreciation of the significance of motives, intentions, and freedom, for the ordering of human affections and moral responsibility. This book will be of interest to moral theologians, especially those concerned with the topics of love, justice, and natural law ethics.

Author : Lisa Sowle Cahill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781107028777

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Global Justice, Christology and Christian Ethics by Lisa Sowle Cahill Pdf

A Christian response to global realities of human inequality, poverty, violence and ecological destruction in the twenty-first century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004343535

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Christianity and the Roots of Morality by Anonim Pdf

Christianity and the Roots of Morality combines philosophical, early Christian and empirical studies to cast light on the role of religion, especially Christianity, in morality, pro-social behavior and altruism.

Author : Patricia Beattie Jung,Aana Marie Vigen,John Anderson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : 9780252077241

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God, Science, Sex, Gender by Patricia Beattie Jung,Aana Marie Vigen,John Anderson Pdf

This text is a timely, wide-ranging attempt to rescue dialogues on human sexuality, sexual diversity, and gender from insular exchanges based primarily on biblical scholarship and denominational ideology.

Author : David Lack
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135028299

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Evolutionary Theory and Christian Belief by David Lack Pdf

Originally published in 1957. This book is concerned with the conflict between "Darwinism" as the Victorians called it, and Christianity, a conflict here re-stated in modern terms because it so vitally affects our understanding of human nature and human values today. The opening chapter describes the historical background. There is a short account of evolution and the argument over Genesis. The importance of natural selection is stressed, and rival theories as to the means of animal evolution are criticised. Discussions follow on whether the course of evolution has been random or determined, on the argument from design, death in nature, the biologist’s methods and the difficulties in evolutionary ethics.