In the Beginning...: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall

  • Year 1986
  • Type Sermon
  • Genre sermons
  • Tradition Catholic
  • Original language German

For For any reader asking how to read Genesis 1-3 after modern science; four short sermons, clear and accessible.

Should I read this?

For the general reader
4 of 5 strongly recommended
For the researcher
3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5 moderate

Four sermons on Genesis: creation, the fall and what belief in creation means today. Clear and short.

How it proceeds
  • Philosophic 3 of 5
  • Scriptural 5 of 5
  • Experiential 2 of 5
  • Sociological 1 of 5
  • Historical 1 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Four sermons on creation, the fall and the consequences of belief in creation, published by Erich Wewel in Munich in 1986 (new edition by Johannes Verlag, 1996). The English translation, In the Beginning...: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall, was published by Eerdmans in 1995.

Catalog IDW.E2N2A8.Z

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