The groaning of creation : God, evolution, and the problem of evil / Christopher Southgate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Southgate, Christopher, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theodicy.

Good and evil.

Creationism.

Evolution.

Eschatology.

Physical Description:

xii, 196 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, [2008]

Summary:

Pain, suffering, and extinction are intrinsic to the evolutionary process. In this book Christopher Southgate shows how the world that is "very good" is also groaning in travail and subjected by God to that travail. Southgate then evaluates several attempts at evolutionary theodicy and argues for his own approach-an approach that takes full account of God's self-emptying and human beings' special responsibilities as created co-creators.

Contents:

Roads not taken

Strategies in evolutionary theodicy

An adventure in the theology of creation

Heaven for pelicans? Eschatological considerations

The call of humanity

Ethical proposals and conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-183) and index.

ISBN:

9780664230906

0664230903

OCLC:

191763247