EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND THEOLOGY: A MUTUALLY ILLUMINATIVE DIALOGUE

Author: Schaab, Gloria L.

Source: Zygon, Volume 43, Number 1, March 2008 , pp. 9-18(10)

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Abstract:

Scientific perspectives often are perceived to challenge biblically based cosmologies and theologies. Arthur Peacocke, biochemist and theologian, recognized that this challenge actually represents an opportunity for Christian theology to reenvision and reinterpret its traditions in ways that take into account scientific theories of evolution. In the course of his career, Peacocke offered a new paradigm for the dialogue between theology and science. This paper explores his proposals, in particular his theories of language, the God-world relation, and the nature of God, and exemplifies the impact these proposals had on his theological insights.

Keywords: analogy; creation; critical realism; divine nature; evolution; indeterminacy; panentheism; Arthur Peacocke; self-limitation; suffering

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2008.00894.x

Affiliations: 1: Assistant Professor of Theology in the Department of Theology and Philosophy and Director of the Master of Arts in Practical Theology, O'Laughlin Hall 220, Barry University, 11300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161;, Email: gschaab@mail.barry.

Publication date: 2008-03-01