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    Volume 1: Part I. Eight Sermons, Discussing the Bearings of the Evolutionary Philosophy on the Fundamental Doctrines of Evangelical Christianity
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    10 November 2010
    20 July 2009
    ISBN:
    9780511700828
    9781108000208
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511700828
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    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.19kg, 152 Pages
    • Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
    Subjects:
    History, Religion: General Interest, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
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    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
    Subjects:
    History, Religion: General Interest, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
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    Henry Ward Beecher, a nineteenth-century American Congregationalist pastor and journal editor, was a renowned public speaker active in campaigns against slavery and for social reform. He was an advocate of the theory of evolution and firmly believed that Christianity should adapt itself in the face of change. Volume 1 of Evolution and Religion (published in two volumes in 1885, two years before his death) is a compilation of his lectures defending the science of evolution. In them, he discusses the implications of the 'new' evolutionary philosophy for various key Christian doctrines such as the divine nature, human sinfulness, the inspiration of the Bible, and divine providence, and asserts that change will only help and not hinder religious thought. Beecher's charisma, enthusiasm and flamboyant oratory is evident even in print, and this book stands as a lasting testimony to this influential activist and thinker.

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