The Scripture Doctrine of Creation: With Reference to Religious Nihilism and Modern Theories of Development (Cambridge Library Collection - Religion) - Couverture souple

Birks, Thomas Rawson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108000223 ISBN 13 : 9781108000222

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The controversial Victorian churchman and philosopher T. R. Birks argues that scripture rather than evolution explains the mystery of life.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Thomas Rawson Birks was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and a senior professor of philosophy. This book was first published in 1872, the year of his appointment to the prestigious Knightbridge Professorship. As an active Anglican clergyman, Birks engaged energetically in many heated theological controversies. In the Victorian debates on the relationship between religion and science he took a strongly anti-Darwinian stance, declaring that the theory of evolution contradicted the doctrine of creation and could not explain the mystery of life. In other areas, however, he argued that the findings of science confirmed the glory of God, since 'the telescope reveals the grandeur and vastness of the starry worlds' and 'the microscope discovers marks of design and beauty' which are evidence of a supreme designer. His influential evangelical views are expressed in this book, which argues for scripture as the ultimate key to the mystery of existence.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108000223
• ISBN 13: 9781108000222
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 268
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