Abstract
This article sketches what is required of a world picture (religious or nonreligious) that is intended to provide orientation in the world for ongoing human life today. How do we move from conceptions and theories prominent in the modern sciences—such as cosmic and biological evolution—to an overall picture or cosmology which can orient us for the effective address of today's deepest human problems? A biohistoricalconception of the human is proposed in answer to this question.
Keywords
world picture, creativity (serendipitous), faith, biohistorical, orientation (in life), culture, trajectories (cosmic and historical), religion, epic of evolution, mystery, history, historically
How to Cite
Kaufman, G. D., (1997) “The Epic of Evolution as a Framework for Human Orientation in Life”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 32(2), 175–188. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/0591-2385.821997081