Stephen C Barton
Reading Genesis after Darwin
- ISBN 13:
- 9780195383362
- author:
- Stephen C Barton
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press, USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 156mm X 234mm
- Genre:
- Religious History
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species has had a profound impact on religious thought. The assumption that Christians once believed in a 6,000-year-old world created over six days is often overstated. In reality, Jewish and Christian scholars have long interpreted Genesis in a non-literal way. This book challenges the idea that the first chapters of Genesis were rejected or defended solely after Darwin's theory was proposed. Instead, it reveals that many religious thinkers had already begun to re-examine their understanding of Genesis during the 19th century. The authors argue that being open to the ongoing relevance of Genesis in discussions about gender, cosmology, and the environment is a viable option. By bringing together contributions from biblical scholars, historians, and contemporary theologians, this book offers a nuanced exploration of how Genesis continues to be read and interpreted today.
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