Title: Darwinism as Religion
Subtitle: What Literature Tells Us about Evolution
Description: Darwinism as Religion argues that the theory of evolution given by Charles Darwin in the nineteenth century has always functioned as much as a secular form of religion as anything purely scientific. Through the words of novelists and poets, Michael Ruse argues that Darwin took us from the secure world of Christian faith into a darker, less friendly world of chance and lack of meaning.
Subjects: English literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Literature and science, Religion and literature, Nature in literature, Religion in literature, Religion and science, Darwin, charles, 1809-1882, English literature, History and criticism, History, Evolution (Biology) in literature, Influence, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Natural selection, Evolution (Biology), Natural selection in literature