Book contents
- Jesus and the Genome
- Jesus and the Genome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 What Has Christology to Do with Biology?
- Chapter 2 The Encounter between Christianity and Science
- Chapter 3 The Doctrine of the Incarnation
- Chapter 4 Evolutionary Biology and Christian Responses
- Chapter 5 Christology and Genomics
- Chapter 6 The Grand Miracle and Empirical Science
- Chapter 7 Reflections on Jesus and Evolutionary Theory
- Chapter 8 Evolutionary Christology in the Worldview Arena
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 6 - The Grand Miracle and Empirical Science
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2024
- Jesus and the Genome
- Jesus and the Genome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 What Has Christology to Do with Biology?
- Chapter 2 The Encounter between Christianity and Science
- Chapter 3 The Doctrine of the Incarnation
- Chapter 4 Evolutionary Biology and Christian Responses
- Chapter 5 Christology and Genomics
- Chapter 6 The Grand Miracle and Empirical Science
- Chapter 7 Reflections on Jesus and Evolutionary Theory
- Chapter 8 Evolutionary Christology in the Worldview Arena
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
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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- Jesus and the GenomeThe Intersection of Christology and Biology, pp. 130 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024