TY - BOOK AU - Bowler,Peter J. TI - Monkey Trials and Gorilla Sermons: Evolution and Christianity from Darwin to Intelligent Design T2 - New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine SN - 9780674032200 AV - BS651.B755 2009 U1 - 231.7/652 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Creationism KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - SCIENCE / History KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Chapter one. THE MYTHS OF HISTORY --; Chapter two. SETTING THE SCENE --; Chapter three. DARWIN AND HIS BULLDOG --; Chapter four. THE ECLIPSE OF DARWINISM --; Chapter five. MODERN DEBATES --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Bowler doesn't minimize the hostility of many of the faithful toward evolution, but he reveals the less well-known existence of a long tradition within the churches that sought to reconcile Christian beliefs with evolution by finding reflections of the divine in scientific explanations for the origin of life. By tracing the historical forerunners of these rival Christian responses, Bowler provides a valuable alternative to accounts that stress only the escalating confrontation UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674028609 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674028609 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674028609.jpg ER -