Human Evolution and Christian Ethics

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Author: Stephen J. Pope

ISBN-10: 0521863406

ISBN-13: 9780521863407

Category: General & Miscellaneous Religion

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Pope argues that knowledge of evolution, properly interpreted, is compatible with Christian faith and morality.

General editor's preface     xiAcknowledgments     xiiIntroduction     1Evolution and religion     8The indifference of Christian ethics to human evolution     32Varieties of reductionism     56Faith, creation, and evolution     76Chance and purpose in evolution     111Human nature and human flourishing     129Freedom and responsibility     158Human dignity and common descent     188Christian love and evolutionary altruism     214The natural roots of morality     250Natural law in an evolutionary context     268Sex, marriage, and family     297Bibliography     320Index of scriptural citations     346Index of names and subjects     348