Theologian Dr. Hans Madueme joined me on the Digging for Truth Podcast to talk about his book: “Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenges of Evolution and the Natural Sciences.” His book includes an important section on the chronology of Genesis, and I am grateful that he has referenced some of my research.
This book will challenge you to think deeply about the early chapters of Genesis and the theological and hermeneutical implications of various old-earth and evolutionary worldview paradigms presently being advanced within western evangelicalism. I highly recommend picking up a copy and giving it a thorough, careful, and prayerful read.
The conflict between the natural sciences and Christian theology has been going on for centuries. Recent advances in the fields of evolutionary biology, behavioral genetics, and neuroscience have intensified this conflict, particularly in relation to origins, the fall, and sin. These debates are crucial to our understanding of human sinfulness and necessarily involve the doctrine of salvation.
Theistic evolutionists have labored hard to resolve these tensions between science and faith, but Hans Madueme argues that the majority of their proposals do injustice both to biblical teaching and to long-standing doctrines held by the mainstream Christian tradition.
In this major contribution to the field of science and religion, Dr. Madueme demonstrates that the classical notion of sin reflected in Scripture, the creeds, and tradition offers the most compelling and theologically coherent account of the human condition. He answers pressing challenges from the physical sciences on both methodological and substantive levels. Scholars, pastors, students, and interested lay readers will profit from interacting with the arguments presented in this book.
Setting the Stage: Changing Conceptions of Sin
Part 1: Authority
Science, Theology, and Biblical Authority
Biblical Realism: A Dogmatic Proposal
Part 2: Protology
Early Genesis and Extrabiblical Knowledge
The Unity of the Human Race
The Doctrine of Original Goodness
Part 3: Hamartiology
The Fall of Adam and Eve
Original Sin and the Biological Problem
Souls and the Nature of Sin
Conclusion: Science and the Evangelical Dogmatics of Sin
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