When Did Sin Begin?: Human Evolution and the Doctrine of Original Sin

by Loren Haarsma

• ISBN10: 1540964264
• ISBN13: 9781540964267
• Publish Date: 17 August 2021
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Baker Academic
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 288
• Language: English

Reviews

[Jeff Sexton]

Intriguing Academic Examination. Let's make this very clear up front: This is a book for academic types. This is FAR from casual reading. And yet, its premise is interesting enough that many may want to slog through it anyway - as I did. :D Just know up front that this *is* a very dense, very logically-detailed examination of its subject. That noted, this text does a phenomenal job of showing what the historical and current academic thinking is on its dual subjects of human evolution and Original Sin, and it does a similarly superb job of explaining in detail, in many cases point by point, exactly how the two might be reconciled. Indeed, particularly for the casual reader that Just. Wants. An. Answer!!!!!... this book probably won't be what you're looking for. It never really proffers one, instead acknowledging that there is still more research and thinking to do in both arenas before a definitive conclusion can truly be reached. Still, for what it actually is and for how it is actually written, this is truly a strong work of scholarship and contemplation, and within the space it is meant to occupy it could indeed be quite a standout. Very much recommended.