Ideology in Biology: Theism Meets Atheism in the Case of Abiogenesis

Abiogenesis is the proposed process through which inanimate matter eventually led to life on earth. As a research area, the issue is certainly loaded with fodder for debate and philosophical and ideological disagreement about what life is and how it came to be. Dealing with the origin of life (OoL)...

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Authors: Ruffinengo, Marc (Author) ; Walsh, Anthony 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Creighton University 2021
In: The journal of religion & society
Year: 2021, Volume: 23
Further subjects:B Thermodynamics
B Theism
B Atheism
B Ideology
B Abiogenesis
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