Genesis 1.1-2.4 in the light of changing scientific paradigms
By Douglas F. Kelly
Mentor/Christian Focus Publications. 272 pages. £9.99
ISBN 1 85792 283 2
The author is Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, he argues for a literal interpretation of the creation week in Genesis 1-2. Each of the 12 chapters consists of an expository section accompanied by technical and bibliographical notes and revision questions.
Professor Kelly begins by expounding the biblical worldview, including the doctrine of creation, in opposition to naturalism, materialism and secular humanism. The theory of biological evolution appears to be completely identified with the latter, and thus not distinguished from philosophical evolutionism. Advocates of theistic evolution are rarely mentioned, and perceived as those who have accommodated biblical interpretation to secular culture (pp.142-143, 230-231). Kelly's overall perspective is essentially Kuyperian (cf. pp. 29-30, 120, 140).
