This scenario does not emerge, however, when we recontextualize the notions of the Fall, human death, and original sin within an evolutionary context, as we have attempted to do in the preceding sections. To the contrary, if we assume an evolutionary history of the human race, the Christian doctrine of redemption only becomes more relevant and encompassing. For if we accept that the world God created was not by all means a perfect world right from the outset, we may recognize that the extent or scope