Gerald Hiestand, Senior Associate Pastor at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL, discusses Irenaeus's and Augustine's narrative of creation and the fall, noting how they may be more or less compatible with a Darwinian understanding of the origins of life. Gerald's paper will appear in Volume 5 of the Bulletin of Ecclesial Theology, due out in 2018.
Gerald Hiestand is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL. He is also the Co-founder and Board Chair of the Center for Pastor Theologians. He holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Reading and is the author and editor of several books, including The Pastor Theologian: Resurrecting an Ancient Vision.
