Theistic evolution in the postgenomic era
How to reconcile the theory of evolution with existing religious beliefs has occupied minds since Darwin's time. The majority of the discourse on the subject is still focused on the Darwinian version of evolutionary theory, or at best, the mid-twentieth century version of the Modern Synthesis....
| Published in: | Zygon |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Joint Publ. Board of Zygon through Blackwell, Oxford
2014
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Zygon
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theism
/ Evolution
/ Molecular evolution
/ Population genetics
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CF Christianity and Science |
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Volltext (doi) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | How to reconcile the theory of evolution with existing religious beliefs has occupied minds since Darwin's time. The majority of the discourse on the subject is still focused on the Darwinian version of evolutionary theory, or at best, the mid-twentieth century version of the Modern Synthesis. However, evolutionary thought has moved forward since then with the insights provided by the advent of comparative genomics in recent decades having a particularly significant impact. A theology that successfully incorporates evolutionary biology needs to take such developments into account, because range of truly viable options among the many versions of theistic evolution that have been proposed in the past may narrow down when this is done. Here I present these previously underappreciated strains of contemporary evolutionary thought and discuss their potential theological impact. |
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| ISSN: | 0591-2385 |
| Contains: | In: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12130 |