Christ and Evolution: A Dialogue Through Wonder and Wisdom.

基督论，也就是对基督是谁的神学理解，是基督教信仰的核心。这个研究项目旨在发展一种基督论，它与人类的进化史和当前关于自然界的进化论进行对话。目前科学界和宗教界的争论没有充分考虑到进化论思想对基督论的影响，几乎只关注上帝的本质问题，很少关注三位一体。这个项目认为，奇迹和智慧允许在关于基督的进化和系统概念之间采用新的调解策略；对科学、宗教和基督文学都有独特的贡献。当代基督论的不同方面在这个项目中进行了探索，特别是对路德神学家j<s:1> rgen 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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin的神秘神学进行了持续的批评。首先，阐述了道成肉身的关键神学概念，即上帝在基督里成为人类，并讨论了当前在这一领域的当代学术在何种程度上与当前进化生物学和进化心理学的讨论相一致。另一种方法是特别借鉴早期基督教文学中的基督论，即耶稣是智慧化身的概念。这种情况的独特之处在于，现在智慧的概念从进化的角度被重新审视，填补了新生的讨论，也吸引了许多当代圣经学者。人类奇迹的概念与当前进化心理学理论的关系进行了探讨。在什么意义上基督也可以被理解为奇迹的化身？对汉斯·乌尔斯·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。该计划的下一个主要部分涉及赎罪的神学概念和当代救赎理论。Pierre Teilhard de Chardin将基督的救赎工作与进化范畴联系在一起，进化指向基督的欧米茄点。这个项目将使自己远离作为救赎者的基督和对进化论的理解之间过于紧密的联系，这是在Teilhard de Chardin的工作中发现的，原因有两个。首先，泰哈德的世界观已经过时，在进化科学中已经被取代。其次，过于紧密的联系是有抑制作用的，因为它会产生不幸的结果，要么把神学限制在科学的范畴之内，要么超出科学的范围。一段时间以来，基督的复活及其在一个有科学条件的世界中的意义一直是神学上激烈辩论的主题。这里提供的独特方法包括对这些文献的批判性评价，但它现在更多地关注当前关于生物进化本质的理论。该计划的第三部分特别讨论基督在未来希望之光下对人类社会的意义，也就是末世论。对于这一部分，路德神学家j<s:1> rgen Moltmann的工作具有特殊意义；对他来说，所有的神学都是用末世论的调子写的，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《耶稣基督的道路》（The Way of Jesus Christ），在388页中只有相对较短的部分（10页）是关于基督和进化的。这个研究项目将填补并提供一个批判性的欣赏在莫尔特曼的工作中发现的神学暗示。这项工作将是学术观众的主要兴趣，但将以这样一种方式写，它可以被非专业人士在该领域的赞赏。

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.