Aquinas, Original Sin, and the Challenge of Evolution

Daniel W. Houck is senior pastor of Calvary Hill Baptist Church (Fairfax) and adjunct professor of theology at the John Leland Center for Theological Studies. A research fellow at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 2017–18, his publications have appeared in journals such as Archa Verbi and Nova et Vetera.

• 1. Augustine and the long twelfth century; 2. Aquinas on original justice; 3. Aquinas on the effects of original sin; 4. Aquinas on original guilt; 5. Original sin and some modern theologians; 6. Original sin and the challenge of evolution; 7. Original sin; 8. A response to some objections.

'Daniel Houck's intriguing reconsideration of Aquinas's neglected theory of sin is both timely and illuminating. Not only is he able to show the distinctiveness of Aquinas's position, but also its potential for a fresh alignment with contemporary evolutionary theory. Houck is a ready exegete, a clear-thinking philosopher, and an insightful theologian of considerable learning and breadth. This is an outstanding first book from an emerging theological talent.' Sarah Coakley, FBA, Norris-Hulse Professor Emerita, University of Cambridge