Turning Points in Natural Theology from Bacon to Darwin

Turning Points in Natural Theology from Bacon to Darwin PDF Author: S. Peterfreund
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137015276
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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Book 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.