Beginnings Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narratives de Bouteneff, Peter C - 2008

Paperback. Fine. Black mark on bottom of pages, never read book, may have slight edge wear

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Baker Academic, October 2008. Paper Back. New. The debate about human origins has all but overtaken discussions of 'faith issues' in mainstream media. Each side wishes to present the other as a laughable absurdity, and we are led to believe that historic Christianity is singularly proved or undone by the amassing of scientific research. In this scenario, Science has all the credibility; Christianity has none. None of its own, that is. Faith waits nervously for the ax of 'empirical fact' to fall, and only scientists who happen also to be Christian can save it. Dr. Peter Bouteneff, associate professor of theology at St. Vladimir's Seminary, wonders aloud if polemicists - on both sides - are even asking the right questions, and if there could be something within Christian exegesis that might break up the Creation/Evolution polarity. Examining Christian writers from Paul to the Cappadocians, he asks what they have to say about Adam, creation from nothing, sin, death, time -in… Leer más

Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. 256pp paperback, very good ownership signature . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 2008.

Baker Academic, 2008. Paperback. New. 240 pages. 9.25x5.25x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. An accessible account of the early church's reading of the creation narrative in Genesis 1, providing contemporary readers with a model for attending to the theological meaning of the text.

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