The Origin of Humanity and Evolution: Science and Scripture in Conversation
Loke (Andrew Ter Ern)
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  • Addressing the intense debate in science and religion in light of evolutionary population genetics, Andrew Ter Ern Loke argues that the theory of evolution as understood by mainstream scientists is compatible with Scripture.
  • Loke asserts that resolving this area of perceived conflict would greatly benefit both scientific and religious communities, and contribute to the spiritual quest of humankind.
  • Whilst affirming that the Bible should be interpreted according to proper hermeneutical principles such as considering the literary genre, literary context, meaning of words, grammatical relationship, and the background and concerns of the ancient authors, this book also assesses the scientific data according to proper mainstream scientific methodology.
  • Having accomplished these tasks, it proposes a model which argues that all humans today have Adam as common ancestor even though this ancestor is not our sole ancestor.
  • Dr Andrew Loke is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University. After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Dr Loke worked as a medical doctor for 7 years. He then completed his M.A in philosophy at Biola University and Ph.D. in Theology at King’s College London. He has published multiple books with world-leading academic publishers in peer-reviewed monograph series in the fields of theology, philosophy of religion, historical-critical New Testament studies, and science and religion. These include:-
    → The Origins of Divine Christology (Cambridge University Press),
    → A Kryptic Model of the Incarnation (Routledge),
    → Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Routledge),
    → God and Ultimate Origins (Springer Nature),
    → The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited (Springer Nature, forthcoming),
    → The Origin of Humanity: Science and Theology in Conversation (T&T Clark, forthcoming), and
    → Evil, Sin and Christian Theism (Routledge, forthcoming).
    In addition, he has published numerous articles in leading international peer-reviewed journals such as Religious Studies (Cambridge University Press) and Journal of Theological Studies (Oxford University Press).
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T&T Clark, December 2023; Paperback


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