Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Darrel R. Falk; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Aim of This Study; 1.2 Brief Summary of Main Chapters; 1.3 What Is at Stake?; 1.4 Brief Clarifications Before Main Chapters; 2 Sociobiological Explanations of Altruism; 2.1 An Introduction to Biological Altruism; 2.2 Sociobiological Altruism: From Darwin to Dawkins; 2.3 Moving Forward; 3 Altruism and the Explanatory Limitations of Evolution; 3.1 The Environment and Its Influence on Human Behavior; 3.2 Problematic Language
3.3 Reductionism and Its Relationship to the Explanation of Altruism3.4 A Reductionist-Driven False Opposition Between Philosophy/Theology and Sociobiology; 3.5 Conclusion; 4 Overcoming Genetic and Environmental Constraints on Altruism; 4.1 The Determined Human Person?; 4.2 The Human Person as Influenced but Not Determined; 4.3 Humans are Genuinely Free and Consequently Responsible; 4.4 Conclusion; 5 Wesleyan Holiness Against a Backdrop of Evolution; 5.1 The Quest for Holiness; 5.2 Genetic Selfishness and Its Implications for Wesleyan Ethics; 5.3 Conclusion
6 How Wesley Nurtured Altruism Despite Biological Constraints6.1 Wesley's Structure and Organization; 6.2 How Wesley Understood and Nurtured Altruism by Way of Holiness; 6.3 Environmental Constraints That Temper Biological Constraints; 6.4 Conclusion; 7 A Lifestyle of Holiness; 7.1 Brief Summary of Main Chapters; 7.2 Holiness Outside the Wesleyan Community; 7.3 Practical Implications and Further Explorations; 7.4 Conclusion; Appendix 1: Excerpt from "Principles of a Methodist" on the Topic of Christian Perfection; Appendix 2: Excerpt from "A Plain Account of Christian Perfection."
Appendix 3: Rules of the Band Societies-Drawn Up Dec. 25, 1738Bibliography; General Index; Praise for Evolution and Holiness; About the Author; Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology (SIET); More Titles from InterVarsity Press; IVP Academic Textbook Selector
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