The Fall of Adam and Eve is a fascinating topic. So is the hypothesis of the first singularity. ‘Our current Lebenswelt’ is not ‘the Lebenswelt that we evolved in’. Here, the reader will find comments and essays concerning the way both topics reverberate through time.

Reverberations of the Fall

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Comments on Gregory Sandstrom’s Book (2014) "Human Extension" by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall · A Course on Implicit and Explicit Abstraction. Price: $2.14 USD. Words: 6,590. Language: English. Published: February 13, 2021 . Categories: Nonfiction » Social Science » Sociology, Nonfiction » Psychology » General
In 2014, Gregory Sandstrom publishes a book arguing for human extension, as a discipline of inquiry. These comments use the category-based nested form as a way to depict human extension, as well as include human intension. Human extension and intension are alternatives to the modern disciplines of sociology and psychology. Sandstrom's innovation shows promise.
Comments on Five Views in the Book (2020) "Original Sin and the Fall" by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall · A Course on Evolution and Thomism. Price: $3.07 USD. Words: 11,190. Language: English. Published: December 26, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Social Science » Anthropology, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General
In 2020, J. B. Stump and Chad Meister edit a volume expressing five views of Original Sin and the Fall. The view include strict and moderate Reformed, Methodist, Russian Orthodox and Jesuit traditions. These comments use the hypothesis of the first singularity, the category-based nested form and other relational models developed within the tradition of C.S. Peirce.
Comments on David Melvin’s Essay (2010) "Divine Mediation And The Rise Of Civilization" by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall. Price: $1.55 USD. Words: 4,460. Language: English. Published: December 12, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christian Theology / Anthropology, Nonfiction » History » Civilization
David Melvin compares accounts for the rise of civilization from two bodies of literature, ancient Mesopotamian and Biblical. In one, gods transfer the arts of civilization to grateful humans. In the other, humans create civilization on their own. Here, Melvin's comparison is considered in light of the hypothesis of the first singularity.
Comments on Daniel Houck’s Book (2020) "Aquinas, Original Sin And The Challenge Of Evolution" by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall · A Course on Evolution and Thomism · Peirce's Secondness and Aristotle's Hylomorphism. Price: $3.10 USD. Words: 16,160. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Religion & Science, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Metaphysics
In 2020, Daniel W. Houck publishes a book, addressing the question, "How to adapt the views of original sin, by one of the most famous medieval theologians, to the modern era?" The hypothesis of the first singularity takes Houck's effort to another plane. There is a historic event that associates to the fairy tales of starting at Genesis 2.4.
Comments on James DeFrancisco’s Essay "Original Sin and Ancestral Sin" by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall · A Course on Evolution and Thomism. Price: $2.43 USD. Words: 10,700. Language: English. Published: August 27, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christian Theology / Anthropology, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Religion & Science
In 2020, I download an undated essay, probably published around 12 years ago. The author considers the question, “Who is Adam?”. The Western and Eastern Churches give different answers. Is one better than the other? Do they complement one another? These comments use the category-based nested form and other relational models developed within the tradition of C.S. Peirce.
Comments on Marie George’s Essay (2019) "Aquinas Teachings on Concepts and Words" by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall · A Course on Evolution and Thomism. Price: $2.15 USD. Words: 7,030. Language: English. Published: August 22, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » Metaphysics, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Religion & Science
In 2020, Marie I. George publishes an article contra Nicanor Austriaco, O.P. The debate addresses the question, “Which comes first, abstraction or language?” These comments use the category-based nested form and other relational models developed within the tradition of C.S. Peirce.
Comments on Nicanor Austriaco’s Essay (2018) "Defending Adam After Darwin" by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall · A Course on Evolution and Thomism. Price: $2.15 USD. Words: 5,610. Language: English. Published: August 15, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Religion & Science, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Metaphysics
In 2018, Nicanor Austriaco, OP, publishes an argument in the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. A philosophical bias in biology rules out the realness of Adam. If that bias is overcome, then what might the realness of Adam look like? These comments use the category-based nested form and other relational models developed within the tradition of C.S. Peirce.
Comments on Jeremy Cohen's Essay (1980) "Original Sin as The Evil Inclination" by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall. Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 4,520. Language: English. Published: August 11, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christian Theology / Apologetics, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Judaism / Theology
Jeremy Cohen, writing at Cornell University, publishes his essay in the Harvard Theological Review (vol 73(3/4) pp 495-520). He raises three concentric questions, leading to a comparison of Christian doctrine of original sin and the Jewish concept of the evil inclination. My comments examine this article using the category-based nested form and the first singularity.
Comments on George Murphy's Article (2018) "The Nuts and Bolts of Creation" by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall. Price: $1.80 USD. Words: 6,140. Language: English. Published: April 7, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Religion & Science, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Religious philosophy
Rev. George Murphy, M.Div. and Ph.D. (Physics), investigates resonances between the Christian doctrine of creation and scientific knowledge. He has done so for 40 years. These comments re-articulate his argument using a category-based model of "the object that brings all into relation", expressed in the highest level of the society tier, for the presence underlying the word "religion".
Speculations on Thomism and Evolution by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall · A Course on Evolution and Thomism. Price: $1.80 USD. Words: 4,930. Language: English. Published: April 5, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » Religious philosophy, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Religion & Science
Michael Chaberek, O.P., publishes a book titled Aquinas and Evolution (2017). The next year, Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., responds in the Witherspoon Institute's Public Discourse Forum, defending "Thomistic Evolution". This essay re-articulates the concepts in this defense, relying of the category-based nested form. In the end, living forms are rendered as mysteries compatible with the Word.
Comments on Stephen Greenblatt’s Book (2017) The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall. Price: $1.80 USD. Words: 5,820. Language: English. Published: November 21, 2017 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Biblical Meditations / General, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Religious philosophy
This work comments on a book written by Stephen Greenblatt under the title, The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve, published by W.W. Norton Press. My goal is to examine this work from the perspective of the First Singularity. The hypothesis of the First Singularity addresses the question: Why is our current Lebenswelt not the same as the Lebenswelt that we evolved in?
Comments on Dennis Venema and Scot McKnight’s Book (2017) Adam and the Genome by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall · A Course on Evolution and Thomism. Price: $2.40 USD. Words: 9,330. Language: English. Published: June 24, 2017 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christian Theology / Anthropology, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Religion & Science
These comments address a book by geneticist, Dennis Venema, and theologian, Scot McKnight. Venema establishes that Adam and Eve cannot be the actual parents of all humans. McKnight establishes the stories of Adam and Eve are written in styles and themes of ancient Near East literature. My goal is to re-articulate their arguments using the category-based nested form and the first singularity.
The Inevitable Twist: Comments on Lamoureux’s Question by
Series: Reverberations of the Fall. Price: $1.25 USD. Words: 2,320. Language: English. Published: March 22, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christian Theology / Anthropology
These comments wrestle with the implications of Denis Lamoureux’s article, entitled “Beyond Original Sin: Is a Theological Paradigm Shift Inevitable?” published in the March 2015 issue of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith [67(1): 35-49]. The ideas of Julian Jaynes are used for comparison.