From: George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Date: Sat Aug 16 2003 - 09:45:58 EDT
Sarah Berel-Harrop wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Murphy" <gmurphy@raex.com>
> To: "Walter Hicks" <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
> Cc: "Howard J. Van Till" <hvantill@chartermi.net>; "Keith Miller"
> <kbmill@ksu.edu>; <asa@calvin.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 7:54 AM
> Subject: Re: Darwin quote
>
> > The main ideas I've pursued in treating evolution are:
> > 1) God's kenosis and hiddenness in the event of the cross should lead us
> to
> > expect that God's action in the world in general is hidden, and thus that
> at one level
> > the scientific description of the world is satisfactory.
> > 2) The development of life through natural selection is in a sense "the
> same
> > kind of thing" as the resurrection of the crucified, creatio ex nihilo,
> and
> > justification of the ungodly (cf. Rom.4).
> > 3) Through the Incarnation God participates in the evolutionary process,
> > identifies with the losers in that process by getting killed, & by
> assuming not only
> > human nature but our whole evolutionary history makes it possible to make
> sense of the
> > promises of cosmic salvation in the NT.
>
> Your points here are also discussed, albeit not
> specifically in regard to evolution but rather in
> regard to the general situation of the world, in the
> book _Liberating faith : Bonhoeffer's message for
> today_ by Geffrey B. Kelly .
Sarah -
Thanks for the reference. Bonhoeffer has been an important "influence" on my
theological approach, particularly in looking at the world in terms of a theology of the
cross. A few references are noted in the articles I mentioned. Some of his statements
in _Letters & Papers from Prison_ are especially important - though of course one
shouldn't try to read that as a systematic theology.
Back in April I gave some presentations on science & theology, following the
approach I sketched here, to clergy of the Montana Synod of the ELCA. At the same
gathering Lisa Dahill spoke on Bonhoeffer & the 2 topics complemented one another
very well.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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