So whose invisible hand was Adam Smith talking about? Smith mentioned God frequently in The Wealth of Nations and in the book for which he was already justly famous, The Theory of Moral Sentiments ...

n the beginning, preaches God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World, God created Adam. No, not the dim-witted Adam with the nagging girlfriend and forbidden-fruit problem ...

One of the most iconic bits of the work is the hand of Adam, reaching out to God. It’s often seen as a representation of Adam reaching out for knowledge of his creator, or knowledge of himself.

Scholars have argued over whether God’s extended hand is setting the world in motion — thereby firing up the whole narrative engine leading from Adam and Eve’s expulsion to Christ’s ...

But Adam was lonely. God recognized this, and caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep. He then took one of Adam’s ribs from him, which he fashioned into a woman, who was called Eve (Genesis 2:21-22).

Adam and Eve are depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Nicolas Church in Feldkirch, Austria, in a 2004 file photo. ... "The reign of God is at hand." That might not sound so bad, ...