| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Note on Citations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Can Creation Debates Find their Rest in Augustine? -- Chapter One: What We Forget About Creation: How Augustine Can Broaden our Horizon of Concerns -- Chapter Two: The Missing Virtue in Science-Faith Dialogue: Augustine on the Importance of Humility -- Chapter Three: Settling an Age-Old Debate: Augustine on the Literal Meaning of Genesis 1 -- Chapter Four: "In Praise of Ashes and Dung": Augustine on Animal Death |
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Chapter Five: Can We Evolve on Evolution Without Falling From the Fall?: Augustine on Adam and Eve -- Conclusion: Recapping Augustine's Influence on the Creation Debate -- General Index -- Scripture Index -- Praise for Retrieving Augustine's Doctrine of Creation -- About the Author -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press |
| Summary |
"How might premodern exegesis of Genesis inform Christian debates about creation today? Pastor and theologian Gavin Ortlund retrieves Augustine's reading of Genesis 1-3 and considers how his premodern understanding of creation can help Christians today, shedding light on matters such as evolution, animal death, and the historical Adam and Eve"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
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| SUBJECT |
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 fast |
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Bible. Genesis, I-III -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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| Subject |
Creation -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600
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Creation
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020019892 |
| ISBN |
9780830853250 |
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0830853251 |
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