TY - CHAP
T1 - ”All the More Reason to Exercise Caution while Discussing Genesis”
T2 - Gerrit Berkouwer on Scripture and Science
AU - van den Brink, Gijsbert
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In this chapter, I analyse Dutch 20th century VU-theologian G.C. Berkouwer’s cautious navigating of the questions of human origin in the context of the interpretation of the first chapters of Genesis on the one hand and the growing evidence for neo-Darwinian evolution on the other. Berkouwer's attitude was typical for the way in which Dutch neo-Calvinism in his days started to abandon its fierce opposition towards crucial parts of mainstream science and gradually adopted a more constructive, accommodating posture.
AB - In this chapter, I analyse Dutch 20th century VU-theologian G.C. Berkouwer’s cautious navigating of the questions of human origin in the context of the interpretation of the first chapters of Genesis on the one hand and the growing evidence for neo-Darwinian evolution on the other. Berkouwer's attitude was typical for the way in which Dutch neo-Calvinism in his days started to abandon its fierce opposition towards crucial parts of mainstream science and gradually adopted a more constructive, accommodating posture.
KW - Berkouwer, biblical interpretation, evolutionary theory, Genesis, Jan Lever
UR - https://brill.com/display/title/64861
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85210023670
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85210023670#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1163/9789004546080_006
DO - 10.1163/9789004546080_006
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789004546066
T3 - Studies in Reformed Theology
SP - 93
EP - 113
BT - Neo-Calvinism and Roman Catholicism
A2 - Eglinton, James
A2 - Harinck, George
PB - Brill Publishers
ER -