Preadamite Theory and the Marriage of Science and Religion: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 82, part 3)

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Preadamite Theory and the Marriage of Science and Religion: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 82, part 3)

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By David N. Livingstone (au)
Year: 1992
Pages: 81
Binding Paperback
ISBN 871698234

Product Code: 1422380017

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Among the harmonizing tactics that have been deployed to keep alive the marriage of science & religion, is the simple preadamite theory -- the idea that human beings existed before the biblical Adam. This overview of the preadamite attempts to reveal how inter-penetrative scientific & religious discourses have been. Contents: (1) Preadamism & Pagan Chronology; & The Peyrerean Formula; (2) Preadamism, Polygenism, & Race; Reconciling Ethnology & Theology; Alexander Winchell & Monogenetic Preadamism; & Preadamism, Fundamentalism, & Anti-Evolutionism; (3) Evolutionary Preadamism & Conservative Theology: Evolutionary Anthropology & Evangelical Theology; & Preadamism & Modern Catholic Theology; & Conclusion. Illus.

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