Chapter 8 covers the thought of Bernard Lonergan, S.J., who died in 1984.\u00a0 Even though the Story of Adam and Eve is not mentioned, the concept of Original Sin is.\u00a0 Lonergan sees that our views of the world have changed, from a static to an evolutionary world perspective.<\/p>\n
The static world perspective of the premodern era saw the world in terms of logic and essentials.\u00a0 The classic Doctrine of Original Sin was a static, logical, and essential reading of Genesis 2.4 on.<\/p>\n
The evolutionary world perspective sees the world in terms of science and history.\u00a0 Doctrine develops.\u00a0 Original Sin needs to be re-symbolized.<\/p>\n
Wiley looked at four areas of Lonergan\u2019s writings: methodological theology, the conditions for human development, the problem of development, and sustaining human development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chapter 8 covers the thought of Bernard Lonergan, S.J., who died in 1984.\u00a0 Even though the Story of Adam and Eve is not mentioned, the concept of Original Sin is.\u00a0 Lonergan sees that our views of the world have changed, from a static to an evolutionary world perspective. The static world perspective of the premodern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-science-of-original-sin"],"yoast_head":"\n