Peter J Bowler

Monkey Trials and Gorilla Sermons

Evolution and Christianity from Darwin to Intelligent Design. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 272 Seiten
ISBN 0674032209
EAN 9780674032200
Veröffentlicht April 2009
Verlag/Hersteller Harvard University Press
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Beschreibung

Bowler doesn-t minimize the hostility of many of the faithful toward evolution, but he reveals the less well-known existence of a long tradition within the churches that sought to reconcile Christian beliefs with evolution by finding reflections of the divine in scientific explanations for the origin of life.

Portrait

Peter J. Bowler is Emeritus Professor in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen-s University Belfast.

Pressestimmen

"Alongside outbreaks of controversy such as the Huxley-Wilberforce debates, the Scopes trial or contemporary battles over science education, Bowler portrays a broad movement, spearheaded by liberal Christians and religiously inclined evolutionists, to interpret evolution as God's plan. Integrating cultural and political factors into the historical description, Bowler sees a great deal at stake... This is a well-balanced survey that does justice to the complexity of the encounter and the variety of possible responses." - Publishers Weekly "Fascinating, thorough, and authoritative." - Thomas Dixon, Times Literary Supplement"

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