Aquinas and Evolution: Why St. Thomas’ Teaching on the Origins is Incompatible with Evolutionary Theory

Father Michael Chaberek amply demonstrates that theistic evolution is inescapably at odds with fundamental elements of Thomas’ thought (Robert Larmer, PhD. University of New Brunswick). Father Michael Chaberek convincingly shows that if Saint Thomas Aquinas himself were to enter the contemporary debate on human origins, he would reject theistic evolutionism (David Arias, PhD. Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary). Father Michael Chaberek’s book is surely the most precise treatment of the relationship between the thought of Saint Thomas and Darwinian evolution ever written (Jay W. Richards, PhD. Catholic University of America). Fr. Chaberek has finally given the issue the book-length treatment it deserves, and things don’t look good for Thomistic evolutionists. His arguments are fresh and challenging. All further discussion will need to take account of this important work (Logan Gage, PhD. Franciscan University of Steubenville). Father Michael Chaberek’s book is worth reading because it teaches honest and straightforward thinking and it shows readers how to respond to the theistic evolutionists who commonly impose their views in Christian circles (Rev. Prof. Andrzej Maryniarczyk S.D.B., Catholic University of Lublin, Poland).