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The Gregarious Metaphor Of The Selfish Gene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Colin Grant
Colin Grant
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Department of Religious Studies, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada EOA 3CO
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Science establishes facts; the arts create imaginary possibilities; theology speculates. Although this characterization might receive wide endorsement, highly creative and literary developments in contemporary science suggest otherwise. The intriguing gene's-eye view of life promoted by sociobiology, and especially in Richard Dawkins' ‘biography’ of the selfish gene, represents a highly literate and imaginative account of reality that not only shatters the science/arts stereotype but even suggests that ultimately science involves views of reality of theological proportions.

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Religious Studies , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , December 1991 , pp. 431 - 450
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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70 I wish to record my gratitude to my colleague in Biology, Jean-Guy Godin, for providing books from his own library, to Anne Ward and Ruth Miller of the Ralph Pickard Bell Library for acquiring other books and articles through interlibrary loan with their characteristic efficiency, and to our department secretary, Robin Hamilton.Google Scholar