• BioLogos,  Historical Adam,  Peter Enns

    Historical Adam?

    There is an interesting (supposedly all the rage) theological position building up a head of steam. The movement attempts to find a solution to a problem raised if one is committed both to a high view of scripture and a high view of modern science. Evidence from modern science supposedly produces belief in an evolutionary account of earth’s history and the Biblical account produces some history, but mostly a theological account. The two must be squared in some way and, for some people, a form of theistic evolution emerges. However, a vital question also emerges: what are we to do with the historical Adam? And here is where the debate gets interesting. The line of thought,…