Darwinism as religion : what literature tells us about evolution / Michael Ruse.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.Description: xvi, 310 pages ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780190241025 (hardcover)
- English literature
- Literature and science
- Religion and literature
- Evolution (Biology) in literature
- Nature in literature
- Religion in literature
- Religion and science
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence
- -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- -- Great Britain -- History
- -- Great Britain -- History
- 820.9356 23 RUS
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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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