In Defense of Aquinas's Adam: Original Justice, the Fall, and Evolution

In this article, I show how traditional Thomistic claims about the creation and fall of the first human beings—or “Adam”—are compatible with the claims of evolutionary science concerning human origins. Aquinas claims that God created Adam in a state or condition of original justice, wholly subject t...

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Main Author: Macdonald, Paul A., Jr. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 2021
In: Zygon
Year: 2021, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 454-466
Further subjects:B Original Justice
B Evolution
B Thomas Aquinas
B Original Sin
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