04155nam 22007094a 450 991078244480332120230124182723.01-281-95931-60-226-09301-8978661195931910.7208/9780226093017(CKB)1000000000578118(EBL)408344(OCoLC)476228579(SSID)ssj0000185638(PQKBManifestationID)11184015(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185638(PQKBWorkID)10209976(PQKB)10499847(MiAaPQ)EBC408344(DE-B1597)523880(OCoLC)781254484(DE-B1597)9780226093017(Au-PeEL)EBL408344(CaPaEBR)ebr10265968(CaONFJC)MIL195931(EXLCZ)99100000000057811820060525d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJewish tradition and the challenge of Darwinism[electronic resource] /edited by Geoffrey Cantor and Marc SwetlitzChicago University of Chicago Press20061 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-09277-1 0-226-09276-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-249) and index.Anglo-Jewish responses to evolution / Geoffrey Cantor -- Responses to evolution by Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist rabbis in twentieth-century America / Marc Swetlitz -- "Practically, I am a fundamentalist" : twentieth-century Orthodox Jews contend with evolution and its implications / Ira Robinson -- The impact of social Darwinism on anti-Semitic ideology in Germany and Austria, 1860-1945 / Richard Weikart -- The evolution of Jewish identity : Ignaz Zollschan between Jewish and Aryan race theories, 1910-1945 / Paul Weindling -- Zionism, race, and eugenics / Raphael Falk -- Crisis management via biblical interpretation : fundamentalism, modern Orthodoxy, and Genesis / Shai Cherry -- Torah and madda? : evolution in the Jewish educational context / Rena Selya -- Modern Orthodoxy and evolution : the models of Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi A.I. Kook / Carl Feit -- The order of creation and the emerging God : evolution and divine action in the natural world / Lawrence Troster.Darwin's theory of evolution transformed the life sciences and made profound claims about human origins and the human condition, topics often viewed as the prerogative of religion. As a result, evolution has provoked a wide variety of religious responses, ranging from angry rejection to enthusiastic acceptance. While Christian responses to evolution have been studied extensively, little scholarly attention has been paid to Jewish reactions. Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Darwinism is the first extended meditation on the Jewish engagement with this crucial and controvEvolutionReligious aspectsJudaismEvolution (Biology)Religious aspectsJudaismJudaism and scienceCreationEarthAgejews, judaism, religion, faith, belief, darwin, evolutionary, evolution, science, theory, scientific, theoretical, academic, scholarly, human, origin, species, response, controversial, controversy, debate, argument, analysis, interdisciplinary, essay collection, anthology, philosophical, philosophy, rabbi, zionist, anti semite, creation, reform, reconstructionist, conservative, 20th century, orthodox.EvolutionReligious aspectsJudaism.Evolution (Biology)Religious aspectsJudaism.Judaism and science.Creation.296.3/4Cantor G. N.1943-53530Swetlitz Marc1958-1502342MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782444803321Jewish tradition and the challenge of Darwinism3730033UNINA