Is Darwinism a Religion?
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection is today's working tool of professional biologists. Is it something more? I argue that from the first it has functioned as a secular religion, in opposition to the Christian religion of which it is the bastard offspring. To mak...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2016
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Toronto journal of theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 369-389 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Origins B Darwinism B God B Secular Religion |
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| Summary: | Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection is today's working tool of professional biologists. Is it something more? I argue that from the first it has functioned as a secular religion, in opposition to the Christian religion of which it is the bastard offspring. To make this case, using literature—fiction and poetry—I run through a number of areas including God, origins, ethics, and sin, showing how Darwinism speaks to these issues. |
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| ISSN: | 1918-6371 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Toronto journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/tjt.4133 |
