Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2024
While the virginal conception of Jesus might be the most obvious Incarnational claim to investigate in light of biological science, there are many others. After all, the Incarnation is not simply a miraculous pregnancy and birth: it is the whole Christ event – the life, teachings, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus – a whole that we call the Grand Miracle. Woven into the larger Christian understanding of the Incarnation is a variety of topics – such as its own objective truth, our ability to know its truth, and its display of self-sacrificial love. Interestingly, some thinkers have tried to apply evolutionary theory to these sorts of topics, which ensures that our exploration of the relationship between Christology and biology must press on.
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