Titre :	Evolution and holiness : sociobiology, altruism, and the quest for Wesleyan perfection
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Matthew Nelson Hill, Auteur
Editeur :	Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Année de publication :	c2016
Importance :	247 p.
Format :	23 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-8308-3907-0
Note générale :	Includes bibliographical references and Index.
Langues :	Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects -- Methodist Church. Holiness -- Methodist Church. Perfection -- Religious aspects -- Methodist Church.
Index. décimale :	BX 8349.H64
Résumé :	Theology needs to engage what recent developments in the study of evolution mean for how we understand moral behavior. How does the theological concept of holiness connect to contemporary understandings of evolution? If genetic explanations of altruism fall short, what role should we give to environmental explanations and free will? Likewise, how do genetic explanations relate to theological accounts of human Lire la suite...
Note de contenu :	Introduction -- Sociobiological explanations of altruism -- Altruism and the explanatory limitations of evolution -- Overcoming genetic and environmental constraints on altruism -- Wesleyan holiness against a backdrop of evolution -- How Wesley nurtured altruism despite biological constraints -- A lifestyle of holiness -- Appendix 1 : Excerpt from "Principles of a Methodist" on the topic of Christian perfection -- Appendix 2 : Excerpt from "A plain account of Christian perfection" -- Appendix 3 : Rules of the band societies--drawn up Dec. 25, 1738.

Evolution and holiness : sociobiology, altruism, and the quest for Wesleyan perfection [texte imprimé] / Matthew Nelson Hill, Auteur . - Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, c2016 . - 247 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-8308-3907-0
Includes bibliographical references and Index.
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects -- Methodist Church. Holiness -- Methodist Church. Perfection -- Religious aspects -- Methodist Church.
Index. décimale :	BX 8349.H64
Résumé :	Theology needs to engage what recent developments in the study of evolution mean for how we understand moral behavior. How does the theological concept of holiness connect to contemporary understandings of evolution? If genetic explanations of altruism fall short, what role should we give to environmental explanations and free will? Likewise, how do genetic explanations relate to theological accounts of human Lire la suite...
Note de contenu :	Introduction -- Sociobiological explanations of altruism -- Altruism and the explanatory limitations of evolution -- Overcoming genetic and environmental constraints on altruism -- Wesleyan holiness against a backdrop of evolution -- How Wesley nurtured altruism despite biological constraints -- A lifestyle of holiness -- Appendix 1 : Excerpt from "Principles of a Methodist" on the topic of Christian perfection -- Appendix 2 : Excerpt from "A plain account of Christian perfection" -- Appendix 3 : Rules of the band societies--drawn up Dec. 25, 1738.