One World, One Faith: The Quest for Unity in Julian Huxley's Religion of Evolutionary Humanism
, Sir Julian Huxley (1887-1975), celebrated British scientist and philosopher, strove through most of his career to establish a non-theistic, rationalist belief system to replace Christianity and other world religions. Believing that the twentieth century provided a unique opportunity for this to ha...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2007
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Journal of the history of ideas
Année: 2007, Volume: 68, Numéro: 4, Pages: 613-633 |
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| Résumé: | , Sir Julian Huxley (1887-1975), celebrated British scientist and philosopher, strove through most of his career to establish a non-theistic, rationalist belief system to replace Christianity and other world religions. Believing that the twentieth century provided a unique opportunity for this to happen, evolutionary humanism, as he termed his secular faith, gave direction to most of Huxley's diverse activities as a public intellectual. Rooted in evolutionary science, combined with Idealism, liberal values and a profound belief in progress, Huxley's vision was also suffused with a strong desire for unity in human affairs. This paper examines that quest for unity, the purposes it served, and its reception. |
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| ISSN: | 1086-3222 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of the history of ideas
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/jhi.2007.0031 |