Turning Points in Natural Theology from Bacon to Darwin: The Way of the Argument from Design (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)

Type

Book

Authors

S. Peterfreund

ISBN 10

0230108849

ISBN 13

9780230108844

Tags

Historical, 19th Century, British & Irish, history, English Literature, Christianity, Religious History

Description

Discusses crucial moments in the historical development of natural theology in England from the time of Francis Bacon to that of Charles Darwin. While the argument from design remains the rhetorical method of choice for natural theologians throughout the three centuries in question, the locus and object of design undergo a change. - from Amzon

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