Browsing Franklin, Patrick S. by Subject "Evolution"
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The Human Person in Contemporary Science and Theology
(American Scientific AffiliationTopsfield, MA, 2012)Questioning what it means to be human is perennial, going back millennia. The Psalm often quoted is, “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” (Ps. 8:4, NIV). It is an analytical ... -
Theodicy and the Historical Adam: Questioning a Central Assumption Motivating Historicist Readings
(American Scientific AffiliationIpswich, Mass., 2022-03)In this article, I aim to show, first, that theodicy tends to be a major motivating factor grounding biblical-theological arguments in favor of historicity; and second, that a historical Adam/Fall fails to address adequately ... -
Understanding the Beginning, in Light of the End: Eschatological Reflections on Making Theological Sense of Evolution
(American Scientific AffiliationTopsfield, MA, 2014)This article proposes that a trinitarian eschatological hermeneutic, applied to the doctrine of creation, helps us to make sense of evolution theologically. From this perspective, the Holy Spirit incessantly draws creation ...