Jesus, Salvation & the Chruch - Unit 3 Project: Life in Christ: Faith and Science: Original Sin and Human Origins/Evolution

What does the Catholic Church teach about evolution? What do scientists consider to be an explanation of human origins? Is this at odds with the Genesis narrative of Adam and Eve? Read a series of articles (listed below) on scientific research on human origins, plus the Church’s teaching on original sin and evolution.

Create a video* explaining:

1) What paleoanthropologists currently understand about human origins

2) what the Catholic Church teaches about the relationship between faith and science, especially regarding human origins

3) examine these scientific findings considering the teaching of the Catholic Church.

1. Curated articles:
   1. God and Evolution by Avery Cardinal Dulles | Articles | First Things
   2. The Historical Adam by William Lane Craig | Articles | First Things
   3. Catholic Church has evolving answer on reality of Adam and Eve - Catholic Review
   4. Can God and Evolution Co-exist? | Thinking Faith: The online journal of the Jesuits in Britain
   5. The Fittingness of Evolutionary Creation  
   6. How Did God Create Homo Sapiens Through Evolution?
   7. The Historicity of Adam and Eve/Part I: Theological Data
   8. The Historicity of Adam and Eve/Part II: The Doctrine of Original Sin
   1. The Historicity of Adam and Eve/Part III: Scientific Data
   10. Evolution and the Human Soul | Church Life Journal | University of Notre Dame
   11. Problems of Conceiving Human Origins | Church Life Journal | University of Notre Dame (nd.edu)
   50. Does Darwinian Evolution Petrify God's Image? | Church Life Journal | University of Notre Dame (nd.edu)