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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"How might premodern exegesis of Genesis inform Christian debates about creation today? Pastor and theologian Gavin Ortlund retrieves Augustine's reading of Genesis 1-3 and considers how his premodern understanding of creation can help Christians today, shedding light on matters such as evolution, animal death, and the historical Adam and Eve"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Note on Citations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Can Creation Debates Find their Rest in Augustine? -- Chapter One: What We Forget About Creation: How Augustine Can Broaden our Horizon of Concerns -- Chapter Two: The Missing Virtue in Science-Faith Dialogue: Augustine on the Importance of Humility -- Chapter Three: Settling an Age-Old Debate: Augustine on the Literal Meaning of Genesis 1 -- Chapter Four: "In Praise of Ashes and Dung": Augustine on Animal Death |
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Chapter Five: Can We Evolve on Evolution Without Falling From the Fall?: Augustine on Adam and Eve -- Conclusion: Recapping Augustine's Influence on the Creation Debate -- General Index -- Scripture Index -- Praise for Retrieving Augustine's Doctrine of Creation -- About the Author -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. |
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Bible. Genesis, I-III -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Genesis, I-III. |
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Creation -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ortlund, Gavin, 1983- Retrieving Augustine's doctrine of creation Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2020. 9780830853243 (DLC) 2020019891 |
| ISBN |
9780830853250 (ebook) |
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0830853251 |
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9780830853243 (paperback) |
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0830853243 |
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