Darwinism and the Divine : Evolutionary Thought and Natural Theology
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2011
Oxford ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
| Series: | Hulsean lectures ;
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Table of Contents:
- DARWINISM AND THE DIVINE: EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT AND NATURAL THEOLOGY; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Conceptual Clarifications: On the meaning of terms; 1 Natural Theology: A Deeper Structure to the Natural World; Natural Theology in the Classical 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 I
- Introducing Paley's Natural TheologyPaley's Source: Bernard Nieuwentyt's Religious Philosopher (1718); The Watch Analogy: The Concept of Contrivance; Paley on Intermediary Causes within Nature; The Vulnerability of Paley's Approach; 5 Beyond Paley: Shifts in English Natural Theology, 1802-52; The Impact of Geology upon Paley's Natural Theology; Henry Brougham: 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
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- 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 Popular Classic: William Paley's Natural Theology (1802).
- Introducing Paley's Natural Theology.
- Paley's Source: Bernard Nieuwentyt's Religious Philosopher (1718).
- The Watch Analogy: The Concept of Contrivance.
- Paley on Intermediary Causes within Nature.
- The Vulnerability of Paley's Approach.
- 5. Beyond Paley: English Natural Theology, 1802-52.
- The impact of geology upon Paley's natural theology.
- Henry Brougham: 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 Browning's "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 Darwin's Views on Natural Selection.
- Problems, Prediction and Proof: The Challenge of Natural Selection.
- Natural Selection and Natural Theology: An Assessment of Darwin's impact.
- Darwin's 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: Contemporary Discussion.
- 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.
- God's action within the evolutionary process.
- 9. Universal Darwinism: Natural Theology as an Evolutionary Outcome?
- The Darwinian Paradigm and Cultural Development.
- The God-Meme: Natural Theology and Cultural Replicators.
- Religion: Evolutionary Adaptation or Spandrel?
- Natural Theology and Evolutionary Theories of the Origins of Religion.
- Conclusion to Part Three.
- Part Four.
- Conclusion.
- 10. The Prospects for Natural Theology.
- Natural theology and the human evolutionary past.
- Natural Theology, Observational Traction, and the Best Explanation.
- A community of discernment: The church and natural theology.
- In Quest of Meaning.
- Index
- Part II Historical Exposition: Darwin and the English natural theology tradition3 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; 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 Popular Classic: William Paley's Natural Theology (1802)
- Robert Browning's "Caliban Upon Setebos": A Literary Critique of PaleyEnglish Natural Theology on the Eve of the Darwinian Revolution; 6 Charles Darwin, Natural Selection, and Natural Theology; The Development of Darwin's Views on Natural Selection; Problems, Prediction, and Proof: The Challenge of Natural Selection; Natural Selection and Natural Theology: An Assessment of Darwin's Impact; Conclusion to Part II; Part III Contemporary Discussion: Darwinism and natural theology; 7 A Wider Teleology: Design, Evolution, and Natural Theology; Directionality within the Natural World
- Teleology: Introducing an IdeaChance, 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; God's Action within the Evolutionary Process; 9 Universal Darwinism: Natural Theology as an Evolutionary Outcome?; The Darwinian Paradigm and Cultural Development
- The God-Meme: Natural Theology and Cultural Replicators