The Challenge of Evolution to Religion

ISBN-13: 9781108716048 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 75 str.

Johan de Smedt; Helen de Cruz

Opis

This Element focuses on three challenges of evolution to religion: teleology, human origins, and the evolution of religion itself. We show how tensions arise and offer potential responses for religion. Individual religions can meet these challenges, if some of their metaphysical assumptions are adapted or abandoned.

Recenzje

'[The] book can serve as a helpful primer for the student hoping to discover the asymmetric dependence relationship of evolution to religion. The book equally serves as a deeper exploration of the finer details and questions that arise in the midst of these challenges for more seasoned scholars.' Jillian Langford, Reading Religion

Spis treści

1. Science, religion, and evolution; 2. Teleology, divine purpose, and divine design; 3. Human origins: an evolutionary challenge to religion?; 4. Evolutionary origins of religion.