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Chance or Purpose?: Creation, Evolution, and a Rational Faith
Cardinal Christoph Schouml;nborn's article on evolution and creation in iThe New York Times/i launched an international controversy. Critics charged him with biblical literalism and "creationism". brIn this book, Cardinal Schouml;nborn responds to his critics by tackling the hard questions with a carefully reasoned the "theology of creation". Can we st...more
Hardcover, 181 pages
Published
October 25th 2007
by Ignatius Press
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I attended a talk by a Harvard professor of Evolutionary Dynamics. He is a devout Catholic and talked about how Evolution and our Christian faith are not in disagreement. He mentioned this book, which explains the same thing. In fact, the Catholic Church is not "against" evolution. Chance or Purpose? presents a view and argument that is never seen in the "creation versus evolution" debate. Evolution always comes back to God. The Cardinal references Biblical verses and how sci...more
Schonborn dedicated 9 monthly sessions in the Vienna Cathedral to catechesis on the Christian doctrine of creation and its interplay with the natural sciences. I found it straightforward and helpful in setting out some of the basic approaches to the "science and religion" issues out there these days, with a clear integration of these with Christian faith. The Cardinal definitely puts a spin on things that finds its origin in his broad learning and theological specialization.
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This was a very thoughtful and articulate book, offering one man's well-supported opninions and musings regarding the origins of life on earth and the universe. The Cardinal Schonborn offers his opinions as just that: his alone, though not without support from the teachings of the Catholic Church. Throughout, he makes it clear that although what he writes is in no way in contradiction to the teachings of the Magisterium, it is still just a private opinion. And as such, it is a splendid testament...more
Cardinal Schoenborn looks at the way Science and Religion can complement each other. From the point of view of Religion, he lists those theological truths which are accepted by Religion, and argues that those truths are not contradicted by Science: either because Science does not apply, or because Science bolsters them (as opposed to undermine them).
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