LEADER 04345nam 2200565 450 001 9910810534503321 005 20230803195411.0 010 $a0-8308-9537-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000543871 035 $a(EBL)3316825 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001133660 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12428572 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001133660 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11157750 035 $a(PQKB)11645704 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2009925 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2009925 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10843720 035 $a(OCoLC)908101268 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000543871 100 $a20140320h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeath before the fall $ebiblical literalism and the problem of animal suffering /$fRonald E. Osborn ; foreword by John H. Walton ; cover design, David Fassett ; interior design, Beth Hagenberg 210 1$aDowners Grove, Illinois :$cIVP Academic,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aIncludes indexes. 311 $a0-8308-4046-X 327 $a""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: Literalism""; ""1 The Creation""; ""A Plain Reading""; ""2 Whata???s Eating Biblical Literalists?""; ""Creationism and the Enlightenment Project""; ""3 Unwholesome Complexity""; ""Literalism as Scientisma???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"" 327 $a""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. Lewisa???s Cosmic Conflict Theodicy Revisited""; ""12 God of the Whirlwind""; ""Animal Ferocity in the Book of Job""; ""13 Creation & Kenosis""; ""Evolution and Christa???s Self-Emptying Way of the Cross"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aDid animals have predatory natures before the fall? Did God punish innocent animals with a curse because of human sin? Is it possible for theistic evolution to be compatible with the Bible, even though animal death before the fall would contradict the teaching that death began after the first sin? In this eloquent and provocative "open letter" to evangelicals, Ronald Osborn wrestles with these pointed questions and with the problem of biblical literalism and animal suffering within an evolutionary understanding of the world. Considering the topic of animal suffering and predation as a theodicy dilemma, Osborn offers an open-minded exploration of the subject, specifically coming against the fundamentalist and literalist view of the book of Genesis and the creation account. He challenges one-dimensional reading of Scripture and shines a sobering light on the evangelical dogma responsible for advancing viewpoints long ago dismantled by science. Always acknowledging the traditionalist viewpoint, Osborn demonstrates with a wealth of exegetical and theological insight how orthodox Christianity can embrace evolutionary concepts without contradiction. Osborn forces us to ask hard questions, not only of the Bible and church tradition, but also and especially of ourselves. 606 $aAnimal welfare$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aAnimal welfare$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a231.7/652 700 $aOsborn$b Ronald E.$f1975-$0953342 702 $aWalton$b John H. 702 $aFassett$b David 702 $aHagenberg$b Beth 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810534503321 996 $aDeath before the fall$94017037 997 $aUNINA