Biblical Faith
An Evolutionary Perspective
- Science & Faith
- Publisher: Fortress Press (Augsburg Fortress)
- Published: 2007
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Publisher's Description
In the tradition of Karl Rahner and Teilhard de Chardin, this book from renowned New Testament scholar Gerd Theissen daringly probes the innermost sanctuaries of the biblical tradition through the lens of evolutionary theory. Without associating evolution with a naïve optimism about progress, Theissen shows how a thorough examination of the "cultural evolution" of the Christian faith can yield glimmers of a possible goal of history: "complete adaptation to the reality of God."
Endorsements (3)
“Theissen has written a most stimulating book which allows us to see old things in a new, unexpected, and different light.”
“Anyone working in process theology or in science and religion needs this book as a thorough and challenging alternative to other evolutionary interpretations. It is a rich and compact jungle of ideas that is carefully mapped and clearly marked....”
“This book is so fresh and so fundamentally sound in essaying a new approach both to biblical studies and to theology that it deserves as wide a reading and as full a discussion as possible.”
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