Darwin and Catholicism : the past and present dynamics of a cultural encounter / edited by Louis Caruana.

This coherent collection of original papers marks the 150 year anniversary since the publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species (1859). Although the area of evolution-related publications is vast, the area of interaction between Darwinian ideas and specifically Catholic doctrine has rece...

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Other Authors: Caruana, Louis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : T & T Clark Ltd., ©2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • From the Origin to Humani Generis: Ireland as a case study
  • Darwinism from Humani Generis to the present
  • Aquinas and Darwin
  • Teilhard de Chardin: evolution for a believing scientist
  • Bernard Lonergan's transformation of the Darwinian worldview
  • On evolution and intelligent design
  • Weak Darwinism
  • Darwin, ethics and evolution
  • Darwinism, mind and society
  • Darwinism and economics
  • Intelligent design: science or faith?
  • Evolution and the doctrine of creation
  • Darwinism and moral theology
  • Darwin, divine providence and the suffering of sentient life.