Theistic Evolution and Darwinism: from War to Peace
Keywords:
science and religion, darwinism, original sin, natural selection, Karl Rahner, natural theology, Pierre Teilhard de ChardinAbstract
Today, theistic evolution (TE), the idea that God created living world by means of the evolutionary process, is shared by the majority of those who seek to reconcile Christian religion with the findings of modern science. A history of this idea, the subject of the present study, can be divided into two periods. The first period, which lasted from 1870s to 1940s, coincided with so-called eclipse of Darwinism. During that time the major proponents of TE doubted natural selection as the main force guiding evolution. Instead, they thought that the assumption of Divine guidance is needed in order to explain the evolutionary progress toward complex life forms. The second period in the history of TE began in the 1950s, after the modern evolutionary synthesis was established. The renaissance of Darwinism in biology left no room for teleological approach, so the new generation of TE supporters was forced to see God as restrained by the rule of chance or, alternatively, as acting through chance events. Despite of these changes, the religious content of TE remained the same, namely, the accent on Divine immanence and skeptical attitude toward the traditional doctrine regarding the fall and redemption. The author hypothesizes that the way for TE was paved by the Augustinian tradition of Western Christianity.Downloads
References
Бердяев Н. А. Диалектика божественного и человеческого. М.: АСТ, 2003.
Бердяев Н. А. Смысл творчества. М.: АСТ, 2004.
Никонов К.И. Современная христианская антропология. М.: МГУ, 1983.
Ориген. О началах // Мистическое богословие Восточной Церкви/Под ред. Л. Кукушкина. М.: АСТ, 2001.
Пикок А. Эволюция - тайный друг веры. М.: ББИ, 2013.
Родзянко В. еп. Теория распада Вселенной и вера отцов. М.: Паломник, 2003.
Тейяр де Шарден П. Феномен человека. M.: АСТ, 2002.
Струговщиков Е. свящ. Тейяр де Шарден и православное богословие. М.: Дом надежды, 2004.
Фома Аквинский. Сумма Теологии. Часть I. Вопросы 44-74. Киев: Эльга, Ника-Центр, 2003.
Хот Д. Бог после Дарвина: богословие эволюции. М.: ББИ, 2011.
Appleby, R. S. (1987) «Between Americanism and Modernism: John Zahm and Theistic Evolution», Church History 56: 474-490.
Artigas, M., Glick, T.F., Martinez, R.A. (2006) Negotiating Darwin: The Vatican Confronts Evolution, 1877-1902. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Barbour, I.G. (1969) “Teilhard’s Process Metaphysics”, The Journal of Religion 49(2): 136-159
Berdjaev, N.A. (2003) Dialektika bozhestvennogo i chelovecheskogo [Dialectic of the Divine and the Human]. M.: AST.
Berdjaev, N.A (2004). Smysl tvorchestva [The Meaning of the Creative Act]. M.: AST.
Bont, R. D. (2005) “Rome and Theistic Evolutionism: The Hidden Strategies behind the ‘Dorlodot Affair’, 1920-1926”, Annals of Science 62: 457-478.
Bowler, P. (1983) The Eclipse of Darwinism: Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Bowler, P.J. (2001) Reconciling Science and Religion: The Debate in Early-Twentieth-Century Britain. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
Campbell, R.J. (1907). The New Theology. New York: The Macmillan Company.
Chappell, J. (2012) “Raymund Schwager: Integrating the Fall and Original Sin with Evolutionary Theory”, Theology and Science 10(2): 179-198.
Cobb J.B., Griffin, D.R. (1976) Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition. Philadelphia: Westminster Press.
Edwards, A.W.F. (2000) “The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection”, Genetics 154: 1419-1426.
Edwards, D. (2006) “Resurrection and the Costs of Evolution: A Dialogue with Rahner on Noninterventionist Theology”, Theological Studies 67: 816-833.
Foma Akvinskij (2003). Summa Teologii [Summa Theologica]. Chast' I. Voprosy 44-74. Kiev: Jel'ga, Nika-Centr.
Gore, Ch. (1907) The New Theology and the Old Religion. London: John Murray.
Gould, S.J. (1989) Wonderful Life. The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History. New York: W. W. Norton and Co.
Grumett, D. (2005) Teilhard De Chardin: Theology, Humanity, and Cosmos. Leuven: Peeters.
Greene, J.C., Ruse, M. (1996) “On the Nature of the Evolutionary Process: The Correspondence Between Theodosius Dobzhansky and John C. Greene”, Biology and Philosophy 11: 445-491.
Illingworth, J.R. (1890)”The Incarnation in Relation to Development”, in Gore, Ch. (ed.) Lux Mundi, pp. 181-214. London: John Murray.
Khot, D. (2011) Bog posle Darvina: bogoslovie evoliutsii [God after Darwin: a theology of evolution]. M.: BBI.
King, U. (1996) The Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Teilhard de Chardin. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
Lane, D.H. (1996) The Phenomenon of Teilhard: Prophet for a New Age. Macon: Mercer University Press.
Livingstone, D.N. (1986) “B. B. Warfield, the Theory of Evolution and Early Fundamentalism”, Evangelical Quarterly 58: 69-83.
McCulloch W. (1979) A Short History of the American Teilhard Association. Chambersburg: ANIMA Publications
Medawar P. (1961) “Review of Teilhard de Chardin’s The Phenomenon of Man”, Mind 70: 99-105
Mesle, C.R., Cobb, J.B. (1993) Process Theology: A Basic Introduction. St. Louis: Chalice Press.
Mivart, S.G. (1871) On the Genesis of Species. 2nd edition. London and New York: Macmillan and Co.
Moore, A.L. (1890) “The Christian Doctrine of God”, in Gore Ch. (ed.) Lux Mundi, pp. 57-109. London: John Murray.
Nikonov, K.I. (1983) Sovremennaia khristianskaia antropologiia [Modern Christian anthropology]. M.: MGU.
Numbers, D.L (2006). The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Origen (2001) "O nachalah" [On First Principles], Misticheskoe bogoslovie Vostochnoj Cerkvi / Pod red. L. Kukushkina. M.: AST.
Orr, J. (1915) “Science and Christian Faith”, The Fundamentals IV: 91-104.
Peacocke, A.R. (1995) “Chance and Law in Irreversible Thermodynamics, Theoretical Biology, and Theology”, in Russell, R.J., Murphy N., Peacocke, A.R. (eds) Chaos and Complexity: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action, pp. 123-147. Vatican: Vatican Observatory Publications.
Pikok, A. (2013) Evoliutsiia - tainyi drug very [Evolution - the disguised friend of faith]. M.: BBI.
Plantinga, A. (2011) Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism. New York: Oxford University Press.
Putz, O. (2005) “Evolutionary Biology in the Theology of Karl Rahner”, Philosophy and Theology 17: 85-105.
Rahner, K. (1965) Hominisation: The Evolutionary Origin of Man as a Theological Problem. London: Burns and Oates.
Rodzjanko, V. ep. (2003) Teorija raspada Vselennoj i vera otcov [The theory of collapse of the Universe and the fathers' faith]. M.: Palomnik.
Russell, R.J. (2003) “Special Providence and Genetic Mutation: A New Defense of Theistic Evolution”, in Miller, K.B. (ed.) Perspectives On An Evolving Creation, pp. 335-369. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
Russell, R.J. (2009) “Divine Action and Quantum Mechanics: A Fresh Assessment”, in Shults, F.L., Murphy, N., Russell, R.J. (eds) Philosophy, Science and Divine Action, pp. 351-403. Leiden: Brill.
Russell, R.J. (2013) “Recent Theological Interpretations of Evolution”, Theology and Science 11: 169-184.
Rota, M. (2008). “Evolution, Providence, and Gouldian Contingency”, Religious Studies 44: 393-412.
Strugovshchikov, E. sviashch. (2004) Teiiar de Sharden i pravoslavnoe bogoslovie [Teilhard de Chardin and Orthodox theology]. M.: Dom nadezhdy.
Teilhard de Chardin, P. (2002) Fenomen cheloveka [The Phenomenon of Man]. M.: AST.
Wallace, A.R. (1914) The World of Life. London: Chapman and Hall.
Woloschak, G.E. (2008) “Chance and Necessity in Arthur Peacocke’s Scientific Work”, Zygon 43: 75-87
Wright, G.F. (1915) “The Passing of Evolution”, The Fundamentals VII: 5-21
Zahm, J.A. (1896) Evolution and Dogma. Chicago: D. H. McBride
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
How to Cite
Коды статьи
- EDN VMNDTV
- Тип статьи (РИНЦ) Научная статья (Научная статья)
