Darwin and Darwinism : revolutionary insights concerning man, nature, religion, and society / edited and with an introduction by Harold Y. Vanderpool.

  • Vanderpool, Harold Y.
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[1973]
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Lexington, Mass. : Heath, [1973]

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xxxi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Contents

Genesis 1:1-2:9, 2:15-25; the Biblical story of creation.--Perowne, J. J. S. The character of religion.--Dana, J. D. The character of science.--Paley, W. Proof of God from the world of biology.--Cowper, W. Hymns to the God of nature.--Wordsworth, W. Nature as moral guide and divine presence.--Psalms 8:1, 3-9; Romans 1:18-20, 28-32; mankind's proximity to the angels.--Kirby, W. The noblest of species.--Darwin, C. A new, revolutionary world view.--Wilberforce, S. and Sedgwick, A. Traditional religion and science oppose evolution.--Huxley, T. H. Orthodoxy scotched, if not slain.--Stephen, L. Spreading agnosticism.--Gray, A. The compatibility of evolution and religion.--Powell, B. The validation of religion apart from rational proof.--Driver, S. R. A new understanding of the Bible.--Hardy, T. and Tennyson, A. L. The new faces of nature.--Darwin, C. The natural evolution of man and morality.--Wallace, A. R. The inadequacies of Darwinian evolution.--Fiske, J. The ascent of man.--Huxley, T. H. Secular humanism.--Hardy, T. and Swinburne, A. C. Mankind's post-Darwinian status: loneliness or liberation?--Spencer, H. Society conditioned by evolution.--Huxley, T. H. Society modified according to human standards.--Suggestions for additional reading (p. 216-220)

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  • 0669854077