Open AccessPious Polygenism and Original Sin
Author(s) -
Martin Lembke
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
faith and philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.301
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2153-3393
pISSN - 0739-7046
DOI - 10.5840/faithphil201330439
Subject(s) - philosophy , contemporary philosophy , epistemology , environmental ethics
In this very short paper, I argue that it is possible to harmonize the doctrine of original sin, as western Christendom has traditionally understood it, with a polygenist account of human ancestry. To this end, particular attention is paid to the encyclical Humani Generis (1950), in which Pope Pius XII strongly cautions against polygenist ideas