Book contents
- Charles Darwin
- Frontispiece
- Charles Darwin
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Beginnings
- 2 Charles Robert Darwin
- 3 The Origin of Species
- 4 Evolution in the Nineteenth Century
- 5 Evolution in the Twentieth Century
- 6 Normal Science
- 7 Philosophy
- 8 Religion
- 9 Literature
- 10 Social Issues
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
8 - Religion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2024
- Charles Darwin
- Frontispiece
- Charles Darwin
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Beginnings
- 2 Charles Robert Darwin
- 3 The Origin of Species
- 4 Evolution in the Nineteenth Century
- 5 Evolution in the Twentieth Century
- 6 Normal Science
- 7 Philosophy
- 8 Religion
- 9 Literature
- 10 Social Issues
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
Summary
The standard trope is that evolution and religion are at war. Bishop Wilberforce against science professor Thomas Henry Huxley. John Thomas Scopes was prosecuted for teaching that humans evolved from apes. Many, however, welcomed evolution, bringing it into their religious world picture. This was particularly the case for those drawn to organicism, Henri Bergson and Teilhard de Chardin in France, and Alfred North Whitehead, founder of process theology/philosophy in America. Evolution, Darwinism in particular, was now seen as a stimulating challenge rather than as a dire threat.
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- Charles DarwinNo Rebel, Great Revolutionary, pp. 143 - 161Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024