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Saving the original sinner : how Christians have used the Bible's first man to oppress, inspire, and make sense of the world / Karl W. Giberson. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [(c)2015.Description: ix, 212 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780807012512
  • 0807012513
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS580.S285 2015
  • BS580.A4.G445.S285 2015
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Contents:
First man or first Jew? : the mysterious patriarch of the tribe of Israel The two essential Adams of the apostle Paul The Devil made them do it : Adam's free choice, and ours The original sinner : Augustine's attack on Adam as "everyman" ; The late middle ages : Adam everywhere The origin of Mrs. Cain (and the posse that chased her husband) ; The first man and the first minute : Adam and the age of the Earth Too many Adams or none at all? ; Mark of Cain, curse of Ham : is God a racist? ; The creationist uber-Adam : why the first son could marry his sister Science, anti-science and the extinction of Adam.
Summary: "Giberson calls for a renewed conversation between science and Christianity, and for more open engagement with new scientific discoveries, even when they threaten central doctrines." "As Giberson argues, [Christians] should follow in the once robust tradition of exploring science openly within the broad contours of Christian belief."--Jacket.
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First man or first Jew? : the mysterious patriarch of the tribe of Israel The two essential Adams of the apostle Paul The Devil made them do it : Adam's free choice, and ours The original sinner : Augustine's attack on Adam as "everyman" ; The late middle ages : Adam everywhere The origin of Mrs. Cain (and the posse that chased her husband) ; The first man and the first minute : Adam and the age of the Earth Too many Adams or none at all? ; Mark of Cain, curse of Ham : is God a racist? ; The creationist uber-Adam : why the first son could marry his sister Science, anti-science and the extinction of Adam.

"Giberson calls for a renewed conversation between science and Christianity, and for more open engagement with new scientific discoveries, even when they threaten central doctrines." "As Giberson argues, [Christians] should follow in the once robust tradition of exploring science openly within the broad contours of Christian belief."--Jacket.

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