Darwin's religious odyssey / William E. Phipps
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Harrisburg, Pa. : Trinity Press International, 2002Description: xii, 207 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 97815633838471563383845
- QH31.D2 .P55 2002
Preface -- Selective Darwin-Wedgwood genealogy -- Growing up Anglican -- Early religious influences ; Paley's sway over the prospective priest ; Clerical mentors and friends -- Christian voyager -- Religious perspectives in South America ; Indignation over slavery ; Challenges to theological doctrines ; Visiting Protestant missionary areas -- Unorthodox theorist -- Bible revisited ; Other religious reflections ; His eventful thirties ; Agonizing decade -- Evolutionary tree of life -- Enter Gray and Wallace ; Origin of species ; Theism affirmed -- Religious controversies over natural selection -- In Britain ; In America -- Homo sapiens creation -- Animality of humans ; Evolution of morality and religion ; Responses to The descent of man -- Final personal considerations -- Two similar Agnostics ; Latter-day religion ; Memorializing the scientific saint ; Reverent Charles Darwin -- Theological conclusions -- Design argument transformed ; Theodicy issue reformulated ; Biblical interpretation ; Darwin's religious legacy.
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