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God and the Natural World: Religion and Science in Antebellum America

by Walter H. Conser Jr. · 1993

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In his revisionist evaluation, Conser reveals the strategies by which a diverse group of influential Protestant theologians energetically reconciled pre-Darwinian science with traditional Christian beliefs and, in doing so, shaped the antebellum discussion of science and religion. 10 halftone illustrations.

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adult
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short · 191 pages

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