The Challenge of Evolution to Religion Paperback / softback
by Johan (Saint Louis University, Missouri) De Smedt, Helen (Saint Louis University, Missouri) De Cruz
Part of the Elements in the Philosophy of Biology series
Paperback / softback
Description
This Element focuses on three challenges of evolution to religion: teleology, human origins, and the evolution of religion itself.
First, religious worldviews tend to presuppose a teleological understanding of the origins of living things, but scientists mostly understand evolution as non-teleological.
Second, religious and scientific accounts of human origins do not align in a straightforward sense.
Third, evolutionary explanations of religion, including religious beliefs and practices, may cast doubt on their justification.
We show how these tensions arise and offer potential responses for religion.
Individual religions can meet these challenges, if some of their metaphysical assumptions are adapted or abandoned.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/02/2020
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- ISBN:9781108716048
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/02/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108716048
