Negotiating Darwin
Subtitle: the Vatican confronts evolution, 1877-1902
By: Mariano Artigas, Thomas F. Glick, and Rafael A. Martinez.
Contributors: Glick, Thomas F.; Martinez, Rafael A., 1957-
Series: Medicine, science, and religion in historical context
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- History -- 19th century.; Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History of doctrines -- 19th century.
Description: (Publisher-supplied data) Drawing on primary sources made available to scholars only after the archives of the Holy Office were unsealed in 1998, Negotiating Darwin chronicles how the Vatican reacted when six Catholics--five clerics and one layman--tried to integrate evolution and Christianity in the decades following the publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species. As Mariano Artigas, Thomas F. Glick, and Rafael A. Martínez reconstruct these cases, we see who acted and why, how the events unfolded, and how decisions were put into practice. With the long shadow of Galileo's condemnation hanging over the Church as the Scientific Revolution ushered in new paradigms, the Church found it prudent to avoid publicly and directly condemning Darwinism and thus treated these cases carefully. The authors reveal the ideological and operational stance of the Vatican and describe its secret deliberations. In the process, they provide insight into current debates on evolution and religious belief.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The new documents; title: An ineffective decree : Raffaello Caverni; title: Retraction in Paris : Dalmace Leroy; title: Americanism and evolutionism : John A. Zahm; title: Condemned for evolutionism?: Geremia Bonomelli; title: "The erroneous information of an Englishman" : John C. Hedley; title: Happiness in hell : St. George J. Mivart; title: The church and evolution : was there a policy?