Contributions

  • Glick, Thomas F. - Contributor
  • Martinez, Rafael A., 1957- - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md, Maryland

Language

English

Word Count

81,500 words, Guess

Page Count

326 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • Goodreads1168905

Classifications

  • DDC231.7/652088282
  • LCCBX1795.E85 A78 2006

Description

(Publisher-supplied data) Drawing on primary sources made available to scholars only after the archives of the Holy Office were unsealed in 1998, Negotiating Darwin chronicles how the Vatican reacted when six Catholics--five clerics and one layman--tried to integrate evolution and Christianity in the decades following the publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species. As Mariano Artigas, Thomas F. Glick, and Rafael A. Martínez reconstruct these cases, we see who acted and why, how the events unfolded, and how decisions were put into practice. With the long shadow of Galileo's condemnation hanging over the Church as the Scientific Revolution ushered in new paradigms, the Church found it prudent to avoid publicly and directly condemning Darwinism and thus treated these cases carefully. The authors reveal the ideological and operational stance of the Vatican and describe its secret deliberations. In the process, they provide insight into current debates on evolution and religious belief.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Medicine, science, and religion in historical context

Other Editions

  • Negotiating Darwin: the Vatican confronts evolution, 1877-1902Johns Hopkins University Press2006-01-01

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