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The Post-Darwinian Controversies: A Study of the Protestant Struggle to Come to Terms With Darwin in Great Britain and America, 1870-1900

James Richard Moore

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Preface Introduction: the terrain of revision Part I. Historians and Historiography: 1. Draper, White, and the military metaphor 2. Politics, polemics, and the military milieu 3. Warfare's toll in historical interpretation 4. Towards a non-violent history Part II. Darwinism and Evolutionary Thought: 5. Darwinism in transition 6. The challenge of Lamarckian evolution 7. The vogue of Herbert Spencer 8. Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism Part III. Theology and Evolution: 9. Christian anti-Darwinism: the realm of certainty and fixity 10. Christian Darwinism: the role of providence and progress 11. Christian Darwinism: the relevance of orthodox theology 12. Darwinism and Darwinisticism in theology Conclusion Notes to the text Bibliography Index.

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Key concepts: Darwinism, Interpretation (philosophy), Protestantism, Philosophy, Historiography, Positivism, Epistemology, Realm