John R. Schneiderโs Animal Suffering and the Darwinian Problem of Evil is an important contribution to an important topicโnamely, the theological challenge of animal suffering. Theodicy has traditionally been more focused on human suffering, but...
Read moreDifferent views on creation in the church today are often summarized in terms of whether one takes the biblical creation story โliterally.โ Similarly, Augustineโs crowning achievement on the doctrine of creation was, as we have...
Read moreFrom conversion to death, Augustine was captivated by Genesis 1โ3. He kept writing and re-writing commentaries on these chapters, and they pop up his other works as well (many have noticed, often with puzzlement, that...
Read moreSometimes Christians treat Genesis 1-3 as a kind of prolegomenon to the biblical narrative. These chapters are important, it is thought, primarily to set the stage for the real business of Christian theologyโthose issues involved...
Read moreImagine a young man in his late teen years. He has recently moved to the city to go to school. In the course of his study, he becomes convinced that Genesis 1 is no longer...
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