| Description |
xxxi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Problems in European civilization |
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Problems in European civilization.
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| Contents |
Genesis 1:1-2:9, 2:15-25; the Biblical story of creation.--Perowne, J. J. S. The character of religion.--Dana, J. D. The character of science.--Paley, W. Proof of God from the world of biology.--Cowper, W. Hymns to the God of nature.--Wordsworth, W. Nature as moral guide and divine presence.--Psalms 8:1, 3-9; Romans 1:18-20, 28-32; mankind's proximity to the angels.--Kirby, W. The noblest of species.--Darwin, C. A new, revolutionary world view.--Wilberforce, S. and Sedgwick, A. Traditional religion and science oppose evolution.--Huxley, T. H. Orthodoxy scotched, if not slain.--Stephen, L. Spreading agnosticism.--Gray, A. The compatibility of evolution and religion.--Powell, B. The validation of religion apart from rational proof.--Driver, S. R. A new understanding of the Bible.--Hardy, T. and Tennyson, A. L. The new faces of nature.--Darwin, C. The natural evolution of man and morality.--Wallace, A. R. The inadequacies of Darwinian evolution.--Fiske, J. The ascent of man.--Huxley, T. H. Secular humanism.--Hardy, T. and Swinburne, A. C. Mankind's post-Darwinian status: loneliness or liberation?--Spencer, H. Society conditioned by evolution.--Huxley, T. H. Society modified according to human standards.--Suggestions for additional reading (p. 216-220) |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. 216-220 |
| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution.
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Philosophy, American -- 19th century.
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Social evolution.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Vanderpool, Harold Y.
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| LC no. |
73007052 |
| ISBN |
0669854077 |
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