The Two books
Today’s theologians should seek a coherent way to integrate what we are
learning about the natural world through the best science with what the Holy
Scriptures tell us about the God of creation and redemption. Perhaps we could
revive the Renaissance concept of the Two
Books. According to the concept of the Two Books, nature is a book of
revelation. Nature reveals to us something about the mind of God the creator.
St. Paul alludes to the book of nature. NRS Romans 1:20 “Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power
and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen
through the things he has made.” The second book, of course, is the Bible. In
this book we learn of God the redeemer. Nature gives us general revelation,
whereas the Bible gives us special revelation. The two books together provide
the resources for understanding reality in relationship to God, the creator and
redeemer.
We, Ted and Marty, co-authored a book, Evolution
from Creation to New Creation (Abingdon 2003) in which we presented the
ingredients for a tasty meal of Theistic Evolution. We’ll share our not very
secret recipe here.
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| Contributed by: Martinez Hewlett and Ted Peters
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