The Hermeneutical Challenge
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FREE PUBLIC EVENT: CSCA’s Montreal chapter presents a lecture by Terry Defoe (Emeritus Pastor and associate member of the ASA / CSCA). The Hermeneutical Challenge: Interpreting Genesis while Maintaining Biblical Authority Terry will be addressing issues arising from chapter 12 of his book Evolving Certainties: Resolving Conflicts at the Intersection of Faith and Science, concerning Genesis 1: Why are there so many conflicting interpretations of the Bible’s creation accounts? Why have these apparently straightforward narratives generated so much controversy over the years? The technical term for the interpretation of documents is hermeneutics. Some insist that just reading the text off …