Sociobiology and Original Sin

This paper argues that the creation narrative of the Fall in Genesis 2:4b–3:24 is not history and does not contain a doctrine of original sin. The doctrine of original sin as a theory of human nature needs a new foundation. The contemporary science of sociobiology has a theory of human nature that i...

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Main Author: Williams, Patricia A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2000
In: Zygon
Year: 2000, Volume: 35, Issue: 4, Pages: 783-812
Further subjects:B Human Nature
B Evolution
B Sociobiology
B Original Sin
B Christianity
B Altruism
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