Dealing with Darwin: Place, Politics, and Rhetoric in Religious Engagements with Evolution

by David N. Livingstone

How was Darwin's work discussed and debated among the same religious denomination in different locations?

Using place, politics, and rhetoric as analytical tools, historical geographer David N. Livingstone investigates how religious communities sharing a Scots Presbyterian heritage engaged with Darwin and Darwinism at the turn of the twentieth century. His findings, presented as the prestigious Gifford Lectures, transform our understandings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421413264
• ISBN13: 9781421413266
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"