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Exploring Human Origins: A Library Resource Guide for the Smithsonian Exhibit and Events at Luther Seminary

Homo Sapiens and God: a Luther Seminary course

Homo Sapiens and God: Course Bibliography

Required Course Texts and Additional Recommended Texts in Theology and Science. See this PDF:

Course Bibliography for Homo Sapiens and God

Online Resources about Evolution from Databases (open access or via Seminary login)

Open Access Digital Theological Library
Links to open source content in religious studies and related disciplines.

Over 100 articles and ebook chapters on "evolution and Christianity" free online in OADTL (from past 5 years only)

JSTOR
Access to Arts and Sciences III and the Religion and Theology collections

Arts and Sciences III includes journals in languages and literature, as well as music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, and the history and study of art and architecture.

Thousands of journal articles or ebook chapters on "evolution and Christianity" (requires Luther Sem login)

ATLA Digital Library
Digital collections relevant to the study, teaching, and learning of religion and theology.

Over 100 full-text articles on Evolution and Christianity (requires Seminary login)

Darwin's “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”

“On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” 1859, by Charles Darwin: free download from Project Gutenberg.

(Or see Luther Sem Library's Ebook version below)

Free Online Resources--Articles and Websites

Michelangelo's Creation of Adam

The Smithsonian Exhibit at Luther Seminary, August 15--Nov. 16, 2025

Some of the Issues for Discussion:

Can Christianity and Evolution co-exist? Here are several links to the ongoing debate--from BioLogos; from Science Network;
What is "evolutionary creation"? (from BioLogos website)
What are some of the yet-unanswered questions about human evolution? Here ChatGPT poses several mysteries
A brief YouTube discussion on "How I reconcile evolutionary theory and my belief in God as Creator" | John Lennox at Claremont
John Lennox Discusses the Beginning of the Universe - Science Uprising Expert Interview (YouTube :12 min)
J. van Huyssteen ("J. Wentzel"): "Do Science & Religion Conflict?" brief YouTube video ( Also see these books by J. Wentzl at Luther Sem Library)
"How we found out evolution is true": John van Wyhe at TEDxNTU--a TED talk on YouTube
"The evolving story of human evolution" Melanie Chang--TEDxVictoria--a TED talk on YouTube
J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, "Human Origins and Religious Awareness - An Interdisciplinary Challenge for Theology"--2008 Nobel Conference XLIV at Gustavus Adolphus - "Who Were the First Humans?"
"How are Humans Different from Other Animals?"--brief YouTube video with Eleonore Stump (philosopher of religion):
A Tale of Two Conflicts | Scopes, Teilhard, and 100 Years of Hindsight--a podcast from BioLogos

Recent and Recommended Books at Luther Seminary for Exploring Human Origins (**designates Ebook)

**The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin; Gillian Beer, Editor, 1998 ebook)

**A Most Interesting Problem : what Darwin's Descent of man got right and wrong about human evolution (2021)

**Africa, the cradle of human diversity : cultural and biological approaches to uncover African diversity (2022)

**Cooperative evolution : reclaiming Darwin's vision (2021)

**From the Dust of the Earth : Benedict XVI, the Bible, and the theory of evolution (2022)

**The Human Phenomenon (by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin; 2021 ebook ed.)

The Sacred Chain : how understanding evolution leads to deeper faith (by J.Stump, 2024)

The Sacred Depths of Nature : how life has emerged and evolved (2023, sec.ed.)

The Voice of Public Theology : addressing politics, science, and technology, by Ted Peters (2023)

**The Connected Species : How the Evolution of the Human Brain Can Save the World. (2023 ebook)

**Understanding Human Evolution (2022 ebook)

**Galápagos : a natural history (2022 ebook)

**Growing up in the Ice Age : fossil and archaeological evidence of the lived lives of Plio-Pleistocene children (2021 ebook)

**Paleontology : an illustrated history (2022 ebook)

**Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You : busting myths about human nature (Second Edition, 2022 ebook)

**The Five-Million-Year Odyssey : the human journey from ape to agriculture (2023 ebook)

**The Pyrocene: how we created an age of fire, and what happens next (2021 ebook)