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Doing Without Adam and Eve: Sociobiology and Original Sin (Theology and the Sciences)
Doing Without Adam and Eve Sociobiology and Original Sin - Theology and the Sciences Author:Patricia A. Williams In this provocative new addition to the acclaimed Theology and the Sciences series, Patricia Williams assays the doctrine of original sin with a scientific lens and offers an alternative Christian account of human natures sinfulness and redemption based on sociobiology. Focusing on the Genesis 2 and 3 account, Williams shows how its ... more »;historical interpretation in early Christianity not only misread the text but derived an idea of being human profoundly at odds with experience and contemporary science. After gauging Christianitys several competing notions of human natureProtestant, Catholic, and Orthodoxagainst contemporary biology, Williams turns to sociobiological accounts of the evolution of human dispositions toward reciprocity and limited cooperation as a source of human good and evil. From this vantage point, she offers new interpretations of the problem of evil, original sin, and the Christian doctrine of atonement. Frank in its assessment of traditional misunderstandings, Williamss work challenges theologians and all Christians to reassess this linchpin doctrine and its implications for Christian theology.« less