Theology

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 168. Chapters: Creationism, Free will, Trinity, Thomism, Free will in theology, Salvation, There is No Natural Religion, Existence of God, Predestination, Transubstantiation, Historic Adventism, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, All Religions are One, Omnipotence paradox, Eudaimonia, Bad faith, Islamic democracy, Misotheism, Catholic theology of the body, Homiletics, Infinity, Gnosis, Forgiveness, Leap of faith, Monism, Fideism, Apophatic theology. Excerpt: Creationism is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe are the creation of a supernatural being, most often referring to the Abrahamic God. As science developed during the 18th century and forward, various views aimed at reconciling science with the Abrahamic creation narrative developed in western societies. Those holding that species had been created separately (such as Philip Gosse in 1847) were generally called "advocates of creation" but were also called "creationists", as in private correspondence between Charles Darwin and his friends. As the creation-evolution controversy developed over time, the term "anti-evolutionists" became common. In 1929 in the United States, the term "creationism" first became associated with Christian fundamentalists, specifically with their disbelief in human evolution and belief in a young Earth-although this usage was contested by other groups, such as old Earth creationists and evolutionary creationists, who hold different concepts of creation. Today, the American Scientific Affiliation recognizes that there are different opinions among creationists on the method of creation, while acknowledging unity on the Abrahamic belief that God "created the universe." Since the 1920s, literalist creationism in America has contested scientific theories, such as that of evolution, which derive from natural observations of the universe and life. Literalist creationists believe that evolution cannot adequately account for the history, diversity, and complexity of life on Earth. Fundamentalist creationists of the Christian faith usually base their belief on a literal reading of the Genesis creation narrative. Other religions have different deity-led creation myths, while different members of individual faiths vary in their acceptance of scientific findings. When scientific research produces empirical evidence and theoretical conclusions which contradict a literalist creationist interpretation of scripture, young ea