Darwinism as religion : what literature tells us about evolution / Michael Ruse.

'Darwinism as Religion' argues that the theory of evolution given by Charles Darwin in the nineteenth century has always functioned as much as a secular form of religion as anything purely scientific. Through the words of novelists and poets, Michael Ruse argues that Darwin took us from th...

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Main Author: Ruse, Michael (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Series:Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The eighteenth century
  • Before Darwin
  • The Darwinian theory
  • Reception
  • God
  • Origins
  • Humans
  • Race and class
  • Morality
  • Sex
  • Sin and redemption
  • The future
  • Towards the present
  • The conflict continues
  • Epilogue.