Evolution and Religion: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Science and Religion) - Softcover

Beecher, Henry Ward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108000460 ISBN 13: 9781108000468

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Henry Ward Beecher was an American Congregationalist minister, social reformer, journal editor and orator. People flocked to hear his lecture tours and preaching, in which - in addition to campaigning against slavery and promoting women's suffrage - he embraced the theory of evolution at a time when many pastors were violently opposed to it. Volume II of Evolution and Religion, published in 1885, two years before Beecher's death, is a collection of lectures in which he uses the insights of evolutionism to probe various facets of Christian life and doctrine, including love of God and neighbour. Beecher's powerful writing reveals the charisma and enthusiasm which made him such a popular speaker in his day and makes this book particularly rewarding reading for historians of nineteenth-century science, religion and society.

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Book Description

Volume II of Evolution and Religion by Henry Ward Beecher applies the principles of evolution to religious thought. Beecher, a charismatic reformer and preacher of the mid-nineteenth century, embraced the theory of evolution and urged his listeners to adapt their interpretation of Christianity in the light of progress.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108000460
• ISBN 13: 9781108000468
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300