Darwinism as religion : what literature tells us about evolution / Michael Ruse.
Darwinism as religion : what literature tells us about evolution / Michael Ruse.
Darwinism as religion : what literature tells us about evolution / Michael Ruse.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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G 2017/1110
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English
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xvi, 310 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
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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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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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...
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Darwinism as religion : what literature tells us about evolution / Michael Ruse.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Print version: Ruse, Michael. Darwinism as Religion : What Literature Tells Us about Evolution. Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2016
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G 2017/1110
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74VKV7m2bEgM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV7m2bEgM
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ISBN
9780190241025 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0190241020 hardcover ; alkaline paper
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820.9356
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991024063862602626
