Theodicic creationism: its membership and motivations

Peters, Richard

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“…. Radical creationists have entertained every taxonomic level short of the kingdom as marking the approximate limits of evolvability for the various 'kinds' of organisms" (Peters 2009). 19 So, AiG practices concordism, but the Ark Encounter's ultra-realist hybrid model presents special problems for non-specialists.…”

Section: Discovery Of Differing Ancient Climates: a Hybrid Model Outl...mentioning

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Concordism and the Importance of Hybrid Models

Cabal

2023

Religions

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Concordism functioned as the consensus view in Protestant circles until the rise of Darwinism. Darwinism upended evangelical beliefs about the relationship between the Bible and science, and concordism began to fall out of favor. Subsequently, theologians began formulating statements which collated doctrines and definitions in attempts to delineate boundaries for orthodox belief. Yet while definitions and doctrines are necessary for belief, they are not sufficient for fruitful discussion and discovery of how the early chapters of Genesis could accurately depict the Earth’s early history. With this realization, scholars began developing “hybrid models” which proposed intertwined theological-scientific theories in hopes of explaining both the known scientific evidence as well as the import of Scripture. Thus, even as concordism was disdained by theologically liberal academics, hybrid models multiplied, responded to new evidence, and achieved varying levels of adoption. Analysis of older hybrid models (as well as the recent hybrid model proposed by William Lane Craig) results in insights applicable to models more broadly as well as concordism in particular.

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Section: Discovery Of Differing Ancient Climates: a Hybrid Model Outl...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Concordism and the Importance of Hybrid Models

Cabal

2023

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O’Connor¹

2021

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion

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Discussing the age of the Earth in 1779 in Portugal

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Amador

2009

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In 1779 a paper in Portuguese was published in Jornal Enciclopedico, Lisbon, on the age of the Earth. 'Defending the Chronology of the Holy Scripture' was written by A. F. Castrioto, who published in the same issue an essay on philosophy and religion attacking the French Encyclopaedists. The paper was mainly a translation of sections from two books, by Edward Gibbon and Richard Watson, the former supporting the idea of an age of 14 000 years for the Earth and the latter defending an age of some 6000 years. Castrioto possibly published the paper and the essay because in 1778 he had been subject to religious censorship and he wanted to reassure the authorities that he was not impious. The idea of a young Earth prevailed in Portugal in the 1700s. Castrioto's paper presented arguments that are not original; he omitted ideas of naturalists that were not in accordance with his own ideas; and he apparently used his periodical to redeem himself of past 'sins'. However, the paper had merits: it was about a geological subject not commonly discussed in Portugal at the time and was possibly the first on that topic to be published there; the author was aware of the discussion on science and religion that was going on abroad; he defended ideas that were accepted at the time by many naturalists; and he produced a paper of interest for the history of geology in Portugal and for the history of creationism.

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Theodicic creationism: its membership and motivations

Cited by 4 publications

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Concordism and the Importance of Hybrid Models

Concordism and the Importance of Hybrid Models

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Discussing the age of the Earth in 1779 in Portugal

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