Darwinism and the divine : evolutionary thought and natural theology /

Darwinism and the divine : evolutionary thought and natural theology /

"Darwinism and the Divine examines the implications of evolutionary thought for natural theology, from the time of publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species to current debates on creationism and intelligent design. Questions whether Darwin's theory of natural selection really s...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: McGrath, Alister E., 1953-
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Σειρά:Hulsean lectures ; 2009.
Θέματα:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882. > On the origin of species.
Paley, William, > 1743-1805. > Natural theology.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882.
Paley, William, > 1743-1805.
Natural theology (Paley, William)
On the origin of species (Darwin, Charles)
Natural theology.
Faith and reason.
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution (Biology) > Religious aspects > Christianity.
RELIGION > General.
Electronic books.
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1: Conceptual Clarifications: On the Meaning of Terms. Natural Theology: A Deeper Structure to the Natural World
  • Darwinism: A Narrative of Evolution
  • pt. 2: Historical Exposition: Darwin and the English Natural Theology Tradition. English Natural Theology of the Augustan Age, 1690-1745
  • A Popular Classic: William Paley's Natural Theology (1802)
  • Beyond Paley: Shifts in English Natural Theology, 1802-52
  • Charles Darwin, Natural Selection, and Natural Theology
  • pt. 3: Contemporary Discussion: Darwinism and Natural Theology. A Wider Teleology: Design, Evolution, and Natural Theology
  • The Concept of Creation: Reflections and Reconsiderations
  • Universal Darwinism: Natural Theology as an Evolutionary Outcome?
  • pt. 4. Conclusion. The Prospects for Natural Theology.
  • Machine generated contents note: Contents.
  • Preface.
  • Introduction.
  • Part One: Conceptual Clarifications.
  • On the meaning of terms.
  • 1. Natural Theology: A Deeper Structure to the World.
  • Natural theology in the classic tradition.
  • The conceptual fluidity of natural theology.
  • The eternal return of natural theology.
  • 2. Darwinism: A Narrative of Evolution.
  • Darwinism: A Defensible Term?
  • Darwinism as an Ideology.
  • The metaphysical inflation of evolutionary thought.
  • Conclusion to Part One.
  • Part Two: Historical Exposition.
  • Darwin and the English natural theology tradition.
  • 3. English Natural Theology of the Augustan Age, 1690-1745.
  • The Emergence of English Natural Theology.
  • Newtonian Physics and Natural Theology.
  • The Protestant Assumptions of English Natural Theology.
  • The "Disenchantment" of Nature.
  • The Cessation of Miracles in Nature.
  • The Providential Guidance of Nature.
  • A Foundation for Consensus: The Doctrine of Creation.
  • Physico-Theology: The Appeal to Contrivance.
  • Natural Theology and the Beauty of Nature.
  • The problem of development within nature.
  • Assessing evidence: changing public perceptions.
  • 4. A Popular Classic: William Paley's Natural Theology (1802).
  • Introducing Paley's Natural Theology.
  • Paley's Source: Bernard Nieuwentyt's Religious Philosopher (1718).
  • The Watch Analogy: The Concept of Contrivance.
  • Paley on Intermediary Causes within Nature.
  • The Vulnerability of Paley's Approach.
  • 5. Beyond Paley: English Natural Theology, 1802-52.
  • The impact of geology upon Paley's natural theology.
  • Henry Brougham: A Natural Theology of the Mind.
  • Evidence, Testimony, and Proof: A Shifting Context.
  • A New Approach: The Bridgewater Treatises.
  • John Henry Newman: The theological deficiencies of Paley.
  • Robert Browning's "Caliban Upon Setebos": A Literary Critique of Paley.
  • English Natural Theology on the Eve of the Darwinian Revolution.
  • 6. Charles Darwin, Natural Selection, and Natural Theology.
  • The Development of Darwin's Views on Natural Selection.
  • Problems, Prediction and Proof: The Challenge of Natural Selection.
  • Natural Selection and Natural Theology: An Assessment of Darwin's impact.
  • Darwin's relation to Paley.
  • Darwin on Religion.
  • Design and Purpose: The Question of Teleology.
  • The Benevolence of God: Providence and Animal Pain.
  • Conclusion to Part Two.
  • Part Three: Contemporary Discussion.
  • Darwinism and natural theology.
  • 7. A Wider Teleology: Design, Evolution, and Natural Theology.
  • Directionality within the natural world.
  • Teleology: Introducing an Idea.
  • Chance, contingency, and evolutionary goals.
  • The "Wider Teleology" of Evolution.
  • The Inference of Design and Natural Theology.
  • Suffering, Evolution, and Natural Theology.
  • 8. The concept of Creation: reflections and reconsiderations.
  • The Seventeenth Century: The regnant theology of creation.
  • Creation as Event and Process: Augustine of Hippo.
  • Evolution and an Emergent Creation.
  • God's action within the evolutionary process.
  • 9. Universal Darwinism: Natural Theology as an Evolutionary Outcome?
  • The Darwinian Paradigm and Cultural Development.
  • The God-Meme: Natural Theology and Cultural Replicators.
  • Religion: Evolutionary Adaptation or Spandrel?
  • Natural Theology and Evolutionary Theories of the Origins of Religion.
  • Conclusion to Part Three.
  • Part Four.
  • Conclusion.
  • 10. The Prospects for Natural Theology.
  • Natural theology and the human evolutionary past.
  • Natural Theology, Observational Traction, and the Best Explanation.
  • A community of discernment: The church and natural theology.
  • In Quest of Meaning.
  • Index.

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