Evolution and Dogma - Brossura

Zahm, John Augustine

 
9781108004589: Evolution and Dogma

Sinossi

An 1896 study of the Catholic theological tradition as it relates to evolution.

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Descrizione del libro

This 1896 volume by Reverend J. A. Zahm, a professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, considers the Catholic theological tradition as it relates to evolution. Zahm's work is considered one of the most important books on evolution ever written by a Catholic.

Contenuti

Introduction; Part I. Evolution, Past and Present: 1. Nature and scope of evolution; 2. Early evolutionary views; 3. Fossils and giants; 4. Spontaneous generation and scientific discovery; 5. From Lord Bacon to Charles Darwin; 6. Controversy and progress; 7. Evidences of evolution; 8. Objections against evolution; Part II. Evolution and Dogma: 9. Misconceptions of theory, errors in doctrine and mistakes in terminology; 10. Monism and evolution; 11. Agnosticism and evolution; 12. Theism and evolution; 13. The origin and nature of life; 14. The Simian origin of man; 15. Teleology, old and new; 16. Retrospect, reflections and conclusions.

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