Evolution and Eden: Balancing Original Sin and Contemporary Science Book

	Preface	1
	Introduction: Evolution: Favored or Feared?	5
1	The Church and Evolution - A Brief History	11
	Church Pronouncements	16
	Key Theological Objections	20
2	Origins of Original Sin	23
	Augustine and Original Sin	32
	From Augustine to Trent	39
3	Post-Vatican II Advances	45
	Catholic Biblical Scholarship and Interpretation of Genesis	48
	Theologians on Original Sin and Evolution	53
	A Modern Synthesis	66
4	Evolution: Problem or Clue?	71
	Evolution's Story	75
	The Facts of Life	78
	Evolution's Clues	83
5	Toward a Theology of Evolution	91
	Human Persons in Process	98
	Evolution in Neoclassical Perspective	103
	Evil Revisited	106
	The Universe's Clues and the Divine Nature	108
6	Original Sin and the Future of Catholic Doctrine	112
	Our Evolutionary Heritage	115
	Original Sin Revisited	120
	The Evolution of Doctrine	126
	Notes	133
	Bibliography	155
	Index	164