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Darwin's falling sparrow : Victorian evolutionists and the meaning of suffering
Title
Darwin's falling sparrow : Victorian evolutionists and the meaning of suffering / Kristin Johnson.
ISBN
9781633888746
1633888746
9781633888753
Publication
Essex, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2024]
Physical Description
xiii, 304 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"The book applies a biographical, narrative lens to explore what people in the past believed and why, and how and why those beliefs - about God, nature, history, and human agency - changed over time"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Johnson, Kristin, 1973- Darwin's falling sparrow Lanham : Prometheus, [2024]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 30, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The goodness of the deity
From nature's coffins to her cradles
The scale of suffering expands
Darwin and other people's children
Ten thousand wedges
Grandeur in this view of life
The descent of man
Dealing with descent.
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