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Chronic Vigour
Gregory P. Elder
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Description for Chronic Vigour
Paperback. This is a study of the development of Christian thought and the doctrine of providential evolution. It examines a school of clergymen and demonstrates how they came to endorse Darwinian biology as early as 1884 in Britain, therefore placing the history of the principle in its English context. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HRAB1; HRCM; JFCX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Chronic Vigour is a study of the development of Christian thought and the doctrine of Providential Evolution. The author argues that the renovation of Anglican theology, as a response to Darwin's evolutionary theory, actually began at the moment of Darwin's first publication of The Origin of Species. Chronic Vigour is unique because it examines a school of clergymen who knew Darwin and corresponded with him. The book demonstrates how these clergymen came to endorse Darwinian biology as early as 1884 in Britain. It places the history of the principle of 'providential evolution' squarely in its English context. The book consists ... Read more
Chronic Vigour is a study of the development of Christian thought and the doctrine of Providential Evolution. The author argues that the renovation of Anglican theology, as a response to Darwin's evolutionary theory, actually began at the moment of Darwin's first publication of The Origin of Species. Chronic Vigour is unique because it examines a school of clergymen who knew Darwin and corresponded with him. The book demonstrates how these clergymen came to endorse Darwinian biology as early as 1884 in Britain. It places the history of the principle of 'providential evolution' squarely in its English context. The book consists ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761802426
SKU
V9780761802426
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About Gregory P. Elder
Gregory P. Elder is also the author of Chronic Vigour: Evolution, Biblical Criticism, and English Theology (University Microfilms, 1990) and 'Professing Faith,' a weekly question and answer column on the religions of the world, published in The Redlands Daily Facts and The Temecula Californian. Elder is Assistant Professor of History at Riverside Community College in Moreno Valley, California.
Reviews for Chronic Vigour
To the immense scholarship on the impact of Darwinism in Victorian England there should now be added this new and original contribution to the history of ideas. Slim and specialized...solid research and exemplary clarity.
CHOICE
To the immense scholarship on the impact of Darwinism in Victorian England there should now be added this new and original contribution to ... Read more
CHOICE
To the immense scholarship on the impact of Darwinism in Victorian England there should now be added this new and original contribution to ... Read more