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Darwinism as religion : what literature tells us about evolution / Michael Ruse.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.Description: xvi, 310 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780190241025 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820.9356 23 RUS
Contents:
1. Prologue -- 2. The eighteenth century -- 3. Before Darwin -- 4. The Darwinian theory -- 5. Reception -- 6. God -- 7. Origins -- 8. Humans -- 9. Race and class -- 10. Morality -- 11. Sex -- 12. Sin and redemption -- 13. The future -- 14. Darwinism as background -- 15. Darwinian Theory comes of age -- 16. The divide continues -- 17. Conflicting visions -- 18. Epilogue.
Summary: Darwinism as Religion argues that the theory of evolution given by Charles Darwin in the nineteenth century has always functioned as much as a secular form of religion as anything purely scientific. Through the words of novelists and poets, Michael Ruse argues that Darwin took us from the secure world of Christian faith into a darker, less friendly world of chance and lack of meaning.
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1. Prologue --
2. The eighteenth century --
3. Before Darwin --
4. The Darwinian theory --
5. Reception --
6. God --
7. Origins --
8. Humans --
9. Race and class --
10. Morality --
11. Sex --
12. Sin and redemption --
13. The future --
14. Darwinism as background --
15. Darwinian Theory comes of age --
16. The divide continues --
17. Conflicting visions --
18. Epilogue.

Darwinism as Religion argues that the theory of evolution given by Charles Darwin in the nineteenth century has always functioned as much as a secular form of religion as anything purely scientific. Through the words of novelists and poets, Michael Ruse argues that Darwin took us from the secure world of Christian faith into a darker, less friendly world of chance and lack of meaning.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-298) and index.

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