Description
This seminar surveys recent advances in the sciences of human origins, beginning roughly at the time of a last common ancestor with other primates (5-7 million years ago) and continuing through successive stages of evolution until the present, noticing especially the role of technology in shaping human evolution and culture and concluding with the question of technology today and its transformative power to shape the future of humanity. At each point in this survey, theological themes (such as image of God, incarnation, and original sin) are explored as a dialogue between biblical tradition and contemporary insight.