Christ and Evolution: A Dialogue Through Wonder and Wisdom.

基督论，即对基督是谁的神学理解，是基督教信仰的核心。本研究项目旨在发展一种基督论，与人类的进化历史和当前关于自然世界的进化理论进行对话。目前在科学和宗教的辩论没有充分考虑到进化思想对基督论的影响，几乎完全集中在关于上帝的性质问题，或更罕见的是，在Trinity。这个项目认为，奇迹和智慧允许新的调解策略之间的进化和系统的概念，关于基督，允许在科学和宗教以及基督文学的独特贡献。当代基督论的不同方面在这个项目中进行了探索，特别是对路德派神学家于尔根·莫尔特曼（Jürgen Moltmann）的工作进行了严格的批判性分析，并对罗马天主教神学家和古生物学家皮埃尔·泰尔哈德·德·日进（Pierre Teilhard de Chardin）的神秘神学进行了持续的批判。首先，关键的神学概念的化身是解决，上帝成为人类在基督里，并在多大程度上，目前在这一领域的当代奖学金是一致的，在目前的讨论进化生物学和进化心理学进行了讨论。另一种方法是提供了具体借鉴了基督论，这是目前在早期基督教文学，即耶稣的概念，作为智慧的化身。在这种情况下，独特的元素是，现在智慧的概念是在进化方面重新审视，填补了新生的讨论，也吸引了许多当代圣经学者。人类奇迹的概念是探索与当前的进化心理学理论。在什么意义上可以基督也被理解为奇迹的化身？对汉斯·乌尔·冯·巴尔塔萨的神学美学的一些批判性关注与这一讨论有关。该项目的下一个主要部分涉及赎罪的神学概念和当代救赎理论。德日进将基督的救赎工作与进化的范畴联系起来，进化指向基督的欧米茄点。这个项目将远离基督作为救赎者与德日进作品中对进化论的理解之间过于紧密的联系，原因有二。首先，泰哈德的世界观是进化论的，这种观点已经过时，现在已经被进化论科学所取代。其次，过于紧密的耦合是令人望而却步的，因为它有一个不幸的结果，要么将神学限制在科学的范畴内，要么超越了可以被认为是科学有效的范畴。基督的复活和它在一个有科学条件的世界中的意义一直是一段时间以来激烈的神学辩论的主题。这里提供的独特方法包括对这些文献的批判性评价，但它现在更关注当前关于受造物进化本质的理论。项目的第三部分特别涉及基督对人类社会在未来希望之光中的意义，即末世论。对于这一节，路德神学家于尔根Moltmann的工作是特别重要的，因为他所有的神学是写在一个末世的关键，包括他对基督的理解。然而，他关于基督论和末世论的主要著作，名为《耶稣基督之路》，只有相对较短的一节（388页中的10页）关于基督和进化论。这个研究项目将填写并提供一个在莫尔特曼的工作中发现的神学暗示的批判性欣赏。这项工作将是主要的兴趣，以学术观众，但将在这样一种方式，它可以在该领域的非专家以及赞赏。

Christology, that is, a theological understanding of who Christ is, is at the heart of Christian belief. This research project sets out to develop a Christology that engages in dialogue with the evolutionary history of humanity and current evolutionary theories about the natural world in general. Current debates in science and religion have failed to consider adequately the impact of evolutionary ideas on Christology, focusing almost exclusively on questions about the nature of God or, more rarely, on the Trinity. This project argues that wonder and wisdom permit novel mediating strategies between evolutionary and systematic concepts about Christ; allowing a distinctive contribution to the literature in science and religion as well as Christology. Different aspects of contemporary Christology are explored in this project, drawing particularly on a rigorous critical analysis of the work of Lutheran theologian Jürgen Moltmann, and a sustained critique of the mystical theology of the Roman Catholic theologian and paleontologist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. First, the key theological concept of incarnation is addressed, God become human in Christ, and the extent to which current contemporary scholarship in this field is coherent in the light of current discussions of evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology is discussed. An alternative approach is offered which draws specifically on a Christology that was present in early Christian literature, namely, the concept of Jesus as Wisdom incarnate. The distinctive element in this case is that now the notion of wisdom is revisited in evolutionary terms, filling out the nascent discussion that has also captivated many contemporary biblical scholars. The notion of human wonder is explored in relation to current theories of evolutionary psychology. In what sense can Christ also be understood as Wonder incarnate? Some critical attention to the theological aesthetics of Hans urs von Balthasar is relevant to this discussion. The next major section of the project deals with the theological notion of atonement and contemporary theories of redemption. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ties the redemptive work of Christ into evolutionary categories, evolution pointing towards the Omega point in Christ. This project will distance itself from too tight a coupling between Christ as redeemer and that understanding of evolution that is found in the work of Teilhard de Chardin for two reasons. In the first place Teilhard was working with an evolutionary view of the world that is outdated and has now been superseded in evolutionary science. In the second place, too tight a coupling is inhibitive, for it has the unfortunate result of either constraining theology into scientific categories, or, moving beyond what can be recognised as scientifically valid. The resurrection of Christ and its meaning in a scientifically conditioned world has been the subject of intense theological debate for some time. The distinct approach offered here includes a critical appraisal of this literature, but it now pays much more attention to current theories about the evolved nature of creaturely being.The third section of the project deals specifically with the significance of Christ for the human community in the light of future hope, that is, eschatology. For this section, the work of Lutheran theologian Jürgen Moltmann is of special significance; as for him all theology is written in an eschatological key, including his understanding of Christ. However, his major book on Christology and eschatology, titled significantly, The Way of Jesus Christ, only had a relatively short section (10pp out of 388pp) on Christ and evolution. This research project will both fill out and offer a critical appreciation of the theological hints found in Moltmann's work. This work will be of primary interest to an academic audience, but will be written in such a way that it can be appreciated by non-specialists in the field as well.