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Author/Creator:Ruse, Michael, author.
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Title:Darwinism as religion : what literature tells us about evolution / Michael Ruse.
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ISBN:9780190241025
0190241020
9780190241032
0190241039
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Publication:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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Physical Description:xvi, 310 pages ; 25 cm
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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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BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents:Prologue -- The eighteenth century -- Before Darwin -- The Darwinian theory -- Reception -- God -- Origins -- Humans -- Race and class -- Morality -- Sex -- Sin and redemption -- The future -- Towards the present -- The conflict continues -- Epilogue.
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Subjects:Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Influence.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Literature and science--Great Britain--History.
Religion and literature--Great Britain--History.
Evolution (Biology) in literature.
Nature in literature.
Religion in literature.
Religion and science.
English literature.
Evolution (Biology) in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature and science.
Nature in literature.
Religion and literature.
Religion and science.
Religion in literature.
Great Britain.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13055102