Darwinism and the divine: evolutionary thought and natural theology

INDICE: Contents. Preface. Introduction. Part One: Conceptual Clarifications. On the meaning of terms. 1. Natural Theology: A Deeper Structure to the World. Natural theology in the classic tradition. The conceptual fluidity of natural theology. The eternal return of natural theology. 2. Darwinism: A Narrative of Evolution. Darwinism: A Defensible Term? Darwinism as an Ideology. The metaphysical inflation of evolutionary thought. Conclusion to Part One. Part Two: Historical Exposition. Darwin and the English natural theology tradition. 3.English Natural Theology of the Augustan Age, 1690-1745. The Emergence of English Natural Theology. Newtonian Physics and Natural Theology. The Protestant Assumptions of English Natural Theology. The Disenchantment of Nature. The Cessation of Miracles in Nature. The Providential Guidance of Nature. A Foundation for Consensus: The Doctrine of Creation. Physico-Theology: The Appeal to Contrivance. Natural Theology and the Beauty of Nature. The problem of development within nature. Assessing evidence: changing public perceptions. 4. A PopularClassic: William Paleys Natural Theology (1802). Introducing Paleys Natural Theology. Paleys Source: Bernard Nieuwentyts Religious Philosopher (1718). The Watch Analogy: The Concept of Contrivance. Paley on Intermediary Causes withinNature. The Vulnerability of Paleys Approach. 5. Beyond Paley: English Natural Theology, 1802-52. The impact of geology upon Paleys natural theology. HenryBrougham: A Natural Theology of the Mind. Evidence, Testimony, and Proof: A Shifting Context. A New Approach: The Bridgewater Treatises. John Henry Newman:The theological deficiencies of Paley. Robert Brownings Caliban Upon Setebos:A Literary Critique of Paley. English Natural Theology on the Eve of the Darwinian Revolution. 6. Charles Darwin, Natural Selection, and Natural Theology. The Development of Darwins Views on Natural Selection. Problems, Prediction and Proof: The Challenge of Natural Selection. Natural Selection and Natural Theology: An Assessment of Darwins impact. Darwins relation to Paley. Darwin on Religion. Design and Purpose: The Question of Teleology. The Benevolence of God: Providence and Animal Pain. Conclusion to Part Two. Part Three: ContemporaryDiscussion. Darwinism and natural theology. 7. A Wider Teleology: Design, Evolution, and Natural Theology. Directionality within the natural world. Teleology: Introducing an Idea. Chance, contingency, and evolutionary goals. The Wider Teleology of Evolution. The Inference of Design and Natural Theology. Suffering, Evolution, and Natural Theology. 8. The concept of Creation: reflections and reconsiderations. The Seventeenth Century: The regnant theology of creation. Creation as Event and Process: Augustine of Hippo. Evolution and an Emergent Creation. Gods action within the evolutionary process. 9. Universal Dar

• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3344-2
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 04/02/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés