Death before the fall : biblical literalism and the problem of animal suffering / / Ronald E. Osborn ; foreword by John H. Walton ; cover design, David Fassett ; interior design, Beth Hagenberg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463683403321
• Autore: Osborn Ronald E. <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Downers Grove, Illinois : , : IVP Academic, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-8308-9537-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 231.7/652
• Soggetti: Animal welfare - Religious aspects - Christianity; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: Literalism""; ""1 The Creation""; ""A Plain Reading""; ""2 Whatâ€?s Eating Biblical Literalists?""; ""Creationism and the Enlightenment Project""; ""3 Unwholesome Complexity""; ""Literalism as Scientismâ€?s Pale Mimetic Rival""; ""4 Progressive Versus Degenerating Science""; ""Weighing Incommensurable Paradigms""; ""5 Does Your God Need Stage Props?""; ""On the Theological Necessity of Methodological Atheism""; ""6 The Enclave Mentality""; ""Identity Foreclosure and the Fundamentalist Mind""; ""7 The Gnostic Syndrome""""When Literalism Becomes a Heresy""; ""8 Four Witnesses on the Literal Meaning of Genesis""; ""Barth, Calvin, Augustine and Maimonides""; ""9 If Not Foundationalism, What Then?""; ""From Tower Building to Net Mending""; ""Part Two: On Animal Suffering""; ""10 Stasis, Deception, Curse""; ""Three Literalist Dilemmas""; ""11 A Midrash""; ""C. S. Lewisâ€?s Cosmic Conflict Theodicy Revisited""; ""12 God of the Whirlwind""; ""Animal Ferocity in the Book of Job""; ""13 Creation & Kenosis""; ""Evolution and Christâ€?s Self-Emptying Way of the Cross""; ""14 Animal Ethics, Sabbath Rest""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Subject and Author Index""; ""Praise for Death Before the Fall""; ""About the Author""; ""More Titles from InterVarsity Press""