Thomistic Evolution: A Catholic Approach To Understanding Evolution In The Light Of Faith

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Evolutionary theory has raised numerous disputed questions among Catholics and other Christians concerning the relationship between faith and reason and between religion and science. Thomistic Evolution shows that the Thomistic intellectual tradition, grounded in the philosophical and theological synthesis of St. Thomas Aquinas, provides insightful and compelling responses to these questions. The novelty and brilliance of these Thomistic responses will surprise believers and skeptics alike, transcending and reconciling the dichotomies that shape the contemporary science and religion debate. Unfortunately, the Thomistic responses to these disputed questions in science and religion are neither well known nor well understood. This new book, along with its companion website, www.thomisticevolution.org, seeks to remedy this. Contents Introduction Acknowledgements 1. Faith and Reason: The Two Wings of the Human Spirit James Brent, O.P. 2. What Is Reason? James Brent, O.P. 3. What Is Faith? James Brent, O.P. 4. Faith and Reason: The Two Wings of the Human Spirit (Part II) James Brent, O.P. 5. Causality: What Are the Four Causes of Things? Thomas Davenport, O.P. 6. The Existence of God According to Reason James Brent, O.P. 7. The Nature of Creation James Brent, O.P. 8. God’s Knowledge and Love in Creation Thomas Davenport, O.P. 9. God’s Providential Governance of Creation Thomas Davenport, O.P. 10. Randomness, Chance, and the Providence of God Thomas Davenport, O.P. 11. Providence and Freedom Thomas Davenport, O.P. 12. Divine Providence and the Mystery of Evil Thomas Davenport, O.P. 13. The Authority, the Character, and the Interpretation of Sacred Scripture John Baptist Ku, O.P. 14. Reading the Bible and the Senses of Sacred Scripture John Baptist Ku, O.P. 15. Interpreting the Creation Narratives in the Bible John Baptist Ku, O.P. 16. Interpreting Genesis One with the Fathers of the Church John Baptist Ku, O.P. 17. Interpreting Genesis One with St. Thomas Aquinas John Baptist Ku, O.P. 18. Modern Biblical Exegesis of the Creation Accounts John Baptist Ku, O.P. 19. Catholic Teaching on Creation and on Human Origins Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. 20. The Web of Evidence for Evolution (Part I) Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. 21. The Web of Evidence for Evolution (Part II) Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. 22. The Fittingness of Evolutionary Creation Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. 23. How Does God Create through Evolution? Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. 24. How Did God Create Homo Sapiens through Evolution? Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. 25. The Historicity of Adam and Eve (Part I: Theological Data) Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. 26. The Historicity of Adam and Eve (Part II: The Doctrine of Original Sin) Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. 27. The Historicity of Adam and Eve (Part III: Scientific Data) Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. 28. The Historicity of Adam and Eve (Part IV: A Theological Synthesis) Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. 29. A Thomistic Response to the Intelligent Design (ID) Proposal Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. 30. Evolution’s End: The Beatific Vision Thomas Davenport, O.P. About the Authors