Charles Darwin and the Problem of Creation

Gillespie, Neal C.

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ISBN 10: 0226293742 ISBN 13: 9780226293745

Published by University of Chicago Press (1979), Chicago, 1979

Language: English

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Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Dust-jacket taped into clear plastic cover.; xiii, [1], 201, [1 (blank)] pages. Grey boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 228 x 149mm. "The fascinating relationship between Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and his ideas about science and God is the subject of Neal Gillespie's 'Charles Darwin and the Problem of Creation'." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Preface; Positivism and Creationism: Two Epistemes; Special Creation among British and American Naturalists, 1830-59; Darwin and Positive Science; Special Creation in the Origin: The Scientific Attack; Providential Evolution and the Problem of Design; Variation and the Problem of Design; Special Creation in the Origin: The Theological Attack; The Question of Darwin's Theism; Epilogue : Positivism and the Decline of Special Creation; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Charles Darwin and the Problem of Creation

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University of Chicago Press (1979), Chicago

Publication Date

1979

Language

English

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0226293742

ISBN 13

9780226293745

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Hardcover

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First Edition.

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Good+

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Fair

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The theological and sociological grounds behind Darwin's conversion from a creationist to evolutionist theory of mankind are analyzed along with the scientific theories of the two schools of thought

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