Apt Analogies and Misleading Metaphors: “Co-Evolution” and Other Biological Terms in Scientific Theories of Religious Evolution

The paper discusses the definitions of “co-evolution” in biology and in scientific theories of religious evolution as an example for their use of biological terms. Sometimes this use is motivated by the vision of a general theory of macro-level evolution. There is a valid analogy between the co-evol...

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Main Author: Hemminger, Hansjörg 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2021
In: Theology and science
Year: 2021, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 300-308
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBD Doctrine of Creation
Further subjects:B macro-level evolution
B co-adaptation
B gene-culture co-evolution
B evolution of religion
B Evolutionary Biology
B co-evolution
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