Title The post-Darwinian controversies : a study of the Protestant struggle to come to terms with Darwin in Great Britain and America, 1870-1900

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1979 1979

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Description 502pages Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Introduction: the terrain of revision -- Part I. Historians and Historiography: 1. Draper, White, and the military metaphor -- 2. Politics, polemics, and the military milieu -- 3. Warfare's toll in historical interpretation -- 4. Towards a non-violent history -- Part II. Darwinism and Evolutionary Thought: 5. Darwinism in transition -- 6. The challenge of Lamarckian evolution -- 7. The vogue of Herbert Spencer -- 8. Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism -- Part III. Theology and Evolution: 9. Christian anti-Darwinism: the realm of certainty and fixity -- 10. Christian Darwinism: the role of providence and progress -- 11. Christian Darwinism: the relevance of orthodox theology -- 12. Darwinism and Darwinisticism in theology -- Conclusion -- Notes to the text -- Bibliography -- Index Analysis Evolution. Religious aspects. Christianity Organisms Evolution Theories of Darwin, Charles Protestant criticism in Great Britain & United States 1870-1900 Protestant churches. Great Britain. Doctrines. History Protestant churches. United States. Doctrines. History Theology, Doctrinal. History. 19th century Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [401]-458 Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. Evolution -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Evolution. Protestant churches -- Doctrines -- Great Britain. Protestant churches -- Doctrines -- United States. Protestant churches -- Great Britain -- Doctrines -- History. Protestant churches -- Great Britain -- Doctrines. Protestant churches -- United States -- Doctrines -- History. Protestant churches -- United States -- Doctrines. Theology -- Great Britain. Theology -- United States. Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- 19th century. Theology, Doctrinal -- History. LC no. 77094372 ISBN 0521219892

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