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Author:   Stephen C Barton (Reader, Reader, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University) ,  David Wilkinson (Principal, Principal, St. John's College, Durham University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780195383362

ISBN 10:   0195383362
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   10 December 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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"Introduction Stephen C. Barton and David Wilkinson Part 1: Engaging Again With The Scriptures Chapter 1. 'How Should One Read The Early Chapters Of Genesis?' Walter Moberly Chapter 2. 'Genesis Before Darwin: Why Scripture Needed Liberating From Science' Francis Watson Chapter 3. 'The Six Days Of Creation According To The Greek Fathers' Andrew Louth Chapter 4. 'The Hermeneutics Of Reading Genesis After Darwin' Richard S. Briggs Part 2: Understanding The History Chapter 5. 'What Difference Did Darwin Make? The Interpretation Of Genesis In The Nineteenth Century' John Rogerson Chapter 6. 'Genesis And The Scientists: Dissonance Among The Harmonizers' John Hedley Brooke Chapter 7. 'Science And Religion In Nineteenth And Twentieth Century Landscape Art' David Brown Part 3: Exploring The Contemporary Relevance Chapter 8. 'Reading Genesis 1-3 In The Light Of Modern Science' David Wilkinson Chapter 9. 'All God's Creatures: Reading Genesis On Human And Non-Human Animals' David Clough Chapter 10. 'Evolution And Evil: The Difference Darwin Makes In Theology And Spirituality' Jeff Astley Chapter 11. '""Male And Female He Created Them"" (Genesis 1:27): Interpreting Gender After Darwin' Stephen C. Barton Chapter 12. 'Propriety And Trespass: The Drama Of Eating' Ellen F. Davis Chapter 13. 'The Plausibility Of Creationism: A Sociological Comment' Mathew Guest Index of Modern Authors"

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It's a strange world when science can be used to dismiss the Bible, or when the Bible can be used to reject science - strange because God's people have long affirmed that the world and the Bible comprise God's Two Books. The challenge, then, is how to read the pages of both faithfully and to discern in their coordinated witness the character and aims of God. For its willingness to take up this challenge, and to do so accessibly and sensibly, Reading Genesis after Darwin is a genuinely important book. In their sketches of how Genesis was read before, during, and after the days of Darwin, these authors demonstrate how people might take the natural sciences seriously and continue to turn to Genesis 1-3 as sacred scripture. Joel B. Green, author of Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible (2008).

It's a strange world when science can be used to dismiss the Bible, or when the Bible can be used to reject science - strange because God's people have long affirmed that the world and the Bible comprise God's Two Books. The challenge, then, is how to read the pages of both faithfully and to discern in their coordinated witness the character and aims of God. For its willingness to take up this challenge, and to do so accessibly and sensibly, Reading Genesis after Darwin is a genuinely important book. In their sketches of how Genesis was read before, during, and after the days of Darwin, these authors demonstrate how people might take the natural sciences seriously and continue to turn to Genesis 1-3 as sacred scripture. * Joel B. Green, author of Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible (2008). *

It's a strange world when science can be used to dismiss the Bible, or when the Bible can be used to reject science -- strange because God's people have long affirmed that the world and the Bible comprise God's Two Books. The challenge, then, is how to read the pages of both faithfully and to discern in their coordinated witness the character and aims of God. For its willingness to take up this challenge, and to do so accessibly and sensibly, Reading Genesis after Darwin is a genuinely important book. In their sketches of how Genesis was read before, during, and after the days of Darwin, these authors demonstrate how people might take the natural sciences seriously and continue to turn to Genesis 1-3 as sacred scripture. --Joel B. Green, author of Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible (2008).

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Stephen Barton: Reader, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University; David Wilkinson: Principal, St. John's College, Durham University

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