Theology and the Crisis in Darwinism.

In the past decade, the scientific challenges to “orthodox Darwinism” have multiplied rapidly, such that it is no longer unthinkable that natural selection’s days as a universal law are numbered. But if this is the case, theologians have their work cut out for them. If Darwin’s law proves to be hist...

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Publicado en:Modern Theology Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 183 - 216
Autor principal: Baker, Anthony D.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2002
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Sumario:In the past decade, the scientific challenges to “orthodox Darwinism” have multiplied rapidly, such that it is no longer unthinkable that natural selection’s days as a universal law are numbered. But if this is the case, theologians have their work cut out for them. If Darwin’s law proves to be historically and scientifically false, a new horizon appears for the discourse between theology and natural science. What will orthodox Christianity make of the crisis in Darwinism? This article, which follows the methodological imperative of “Radical Orthodoxy”, employs Aquinas and contemporary “post-Darwinian” science to trace a space for a theological discourse beyond both natural selection and natural theology.