Immediate Reactions to Darwin: The @English Catholic Press' First Reviews of the 'Origin of the Species'
English Roman Catholic reactions to the issues presented by Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) were as varied as the elements which made up the English Catholic community itself. Any reading of the Catholic periodical press in England during the years immediately after Darwin'...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
[1972]
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Church history
Year: 1972, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 78-93 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles |
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| Summary: | English Roman Catholic reactions to the issues presented by Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) were as varied as the elements which made up the English Catholic community itself. Any reading of the Catholic periodical press in England during the years immediately after Darwin's epochal publication will bear this out. These reactions ranged from a simple reaffirmation of childhood formulations of the account of creation in “Genesis,” to rather disingenuous allegorical reinterpretations of the meaning of what “Moses”—and Darwin—had said. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3164687 |