Why evolution matters : a jewish approach / / Joel Yehudah Rutman
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| Autore: |
Rutman Joel Yehudah
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| Titolo: |
Why evolution matters : a jewish approach / / Joel Yehudah Rutman
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| Pubblicazione: | Edgware, [England] ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Vallentine Mitchell, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 213 |
| Soggetto topico: | Evolution - Religious aspects |
| Judaism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I; How Can God Be Considered To Have Created The World When, According To Evolution, Everything Just Happened?; Chapter 1; The Conflict; Notes; Chapter 2; Evolution of the Cosmos; Notes; Chapter 3; Evolution of Life; Notes; Chapter 4; Evidence for Predictability and Progress in the Evolution of Life; Notes; Chapter 5; Life Evolves under a Loose Rein; Notes; Chapter 6; An Intended World in Jewish Thought; Notes; Part II; Accord Between Evolutionary Science And Genesis; Chapter 7 |
| Resolving Conflicts between Genesis' Creation Account and EvolutionNotes; Chapter 8; Examples of Accord between Evolutionary Science and Genesis; Notes; Chapter 9; Evolution Informs Jewish Views on Suffering and Death; Notes; Part III; Human Evolution And Moral Behaviour; Chapter 10; How Human Beings Evolved; Notes; Chapter 11; The Evolution of Moral Behaviour; Notes; Chapter 12; The Evolved Brain and Judaism's Free Will; Notes; Epilogue; The Answers; Glossary; References; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Why Evolution Matters examines the concept of evolution in relation to Judaism, showing that far from something to be avoided within the religion, evolutionary thought deepens an understanding of classic areas of Jewish concern, including free will, moral behavior, suffering, and death. The book presents a novel interpretation of biological evolution in which convergences, self-organization, constraints, and progress are seen as components of the divinely intended world. Why Evolution Matters confronts some major questions that are leveled at the Jewish religion: How can God have created the w |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Why evolution matters |
| ISBN: | 0-85303-868-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809952503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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