Immediate Reactions to Darwin: The English Catholic Press' First Reviews of the ‘Origin of the Species’

English Roman Catholic reactions to the issues presented by Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) were as varied as the elements which made up the English Catholic community itself. Any reading of the Catholic periodical press in England during the years immediately after Darwin'...

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Main Author: Lyon, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1972
In: Church history
Year: 1972, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 78-93
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Summary:English Roman Catholic reactions to the issues presented by Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) were as varied as the elements which made up the English Catholic community itself. Any reading of the Catholic periodical press in England during the years immediately after Darwin's epochal publication will bear this out. These reactions ranged from a simple reaffirmation of childhood formulations of the account of creation in “Genesis,” to rather disingenuous allegorical reinterpretations of the meaning of what “Moses”—and Darwin—had said.
ISSN:1755-2613
Contains:Enthalten in: Church history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3164687