The True and False Theory of Evolution Victorian Science, Swedenborgian Theology, and the Religious Response to Darwinism
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Good PressSeitenzahl
60
Maße (L/B/H)
0,3/15,2/22,9 cm
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103 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-272-2941-3
In The True and False Theory of Evolution, Chauncey Giles addresses one of the nineteenth century's most consequential intellectual controversies: whether evolutionary thought must undermine religious truth. The work distinguishes a "true" evolution, understood as orderly development under divine law, from a "false" theory that reduces life, mind, and spirit to material forces alone. Written in a lucid, sermonic, and argumentative prose, it belongs to the era's broad literature of science-and-religion reconciliation, responding to Darwinian debate without surrendering metaphysical conviction. Giles was a prominent minister and writer associated with the New Church, or Swedenborgian, tradition, whose theology emphasized correspondences between natural and spiritual realities. This background deeply informs the book's central purpose: to interpret development in nature as an expression of divine wisdom rather than as evidence against providence. His pastoral vocation and philosophical commitments led him to address readers troubled by modern science's apparent challenge to faith. This book is recommended for readers interested in Victorian religious thought, early responses to evolution, and the history of attempts to harmonize science with theology. It offers a revealing example of how religious intellectuals engaged modernity critically yet constructively.
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