Editing Traducianism (section)

==Supporters==
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Traducianism was developed initially by [[Tertullian]], who took a semi-materialistic view of the nature of the soul.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kiszAQAAMAAJ&dq=Traducianism&pg=PA216| title = Hall, Francis Joseph. ''Evolution and the Fall'', Longmans, Green, and Company, 1910, p. 216, n.2| last1 = Hall| first1 = Francis Joseph| year = 1910| publisher = Longmans, Green, and Company| isbn = 978-1-02-238799-7}}</ref> It has been endorsed by [[Church Fathers]] such as [[Gregory of Nyssa|Saint Gregory of Nyssa]], [[Anastasius Sinaita|Saint Anastasius Sinaita]], and other theological figures in the early centuries of Christianity. Protestant advocates include various [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Churches]] as well as some modern theologians such as [[Augustus H. Strong]] ([[Baptists|Baptist]]), and [[Gordon Clark]] ([[Presbyterian]]), [[Lewis Sperry Chafer]], [[Millard Erickson]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=Christian Theology|last=Erickson|first=Millard|publisher=Baker Academic|year=2013|isbn=978-0-8010-3643-9|location=Grand Rapids, MI|page=506}}</ref> [[Norman L. Geisler]], and [[Robert L. Reymond]].{{Citation needed |date=September 2018}}

[[W. G. T. Shedd]] says that the soul of any given individual is a part of the original soul given to Adam, and therefore is not originated in the act of procreation.<ref>Crisp, Oliver D., ''An American Augustinian: Sin and Salvation in the Dogmatic Theology of William G. T. Shedd'', Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2007, p. 18 {{ISBN| 978-1-55635-658-2}}</ref>

In ''Evil, Sin and Christian Theism'' (2022), [[Andrew Loke]] argues for a modified hylomorphic theory that combines the merits of both Traducianism and Creationism. According to this view, a unique soul is generated when the gametes of parents that carry soulish potentialities meet (Traducian account), but it is God who gives a unique shape to the soul (Creationist account). Thus, while the "soul-stuffs" are ancestrally passed on, the soul-shape is divinely caused.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Loke |first1=Andrew |title=Evil, Sin and Christian Theism |date=2022 |publisher=Routledge |location=Oxon |page=158}}</ref>