02513nam 2200589 450 991079875300332120230124193821.00-19-024104-70-19-024105-50-19-024103-9(CKB)3710000000852835(EBL)4707153(StDuBDS)EDZ0001546609(MiAaPQ)EBC4707153(EXLCZ)99371000000085283520161014h20172017 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDarwinism as religion what literature tells us about evolution /Michael RuseNew York, NY :Oxford University Press,2016.1 online resource (329 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-024102-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 the secure world of Christian faith into a darker, less friendly world of chance and lack of meaning.English literature19th centuryHistory and criticismLiterature and scienceGreat BritainHistoryReligion and literatureGreat BritainHistoryEvolution (Biology) in literatureNature in literatureReligion in literatureReligion and scienceEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Literature and scienceHistory.Religion and literatureHistory.Evolution (Biology) in literature.Nature in literature.Religion in literature.Religion and science.576.82Ruse Michael127879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798753003321Darwinism as religion3836325UNINA