Book contents
- Understanding the Christianity–Evolution Relationship
- Series page
- Understanding the Christianity–Evolution Relationship
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Rival Paradigms
- 2 The Mechanists’ God
- 3 The Organicists’ God
- 4 Humans
- 5 Environment
- 6 Hate
- Epilogue
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- References and Further Reading
- Figure Credits
- Index
2 - The Mechanists’ God
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 May 2023
Book contents
- Understanding the Christianity–Evolution Relationship
- Series page
- Understanding the Christianity–Evolution Relationship
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Rival Paradigms
- 2 The Mechanists’ God
- 3 The Organicists’ God
- 4 Humans
- 5 Environment
- 6 Hate
- Epilogue
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- References and Further Reading
- Figure Credits
- Index
Summary
Evolution was both known and generally accepted very rapidly after the Origin. Darwinism, even. In the summer of 1860, Charles Dickens’ widely read weekly, All the Year Round, carried two anonymously published articles on the theme of the Origin (with a third early in the next year).
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- Understanding the Christianity–Evolution Relationship , pp. 36 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023