RT Book T1 Darwin, dharma, and the divine: evolutionary theory and religion in modern Japan T2 Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University A1 Godart, G. Clinton LA English PP Honolulu PB University of Hawaiʻi Press YR 2017 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/862495032 AB The religious transmission of evolutionary theory in Meiji-era Japan -- Evolution, individuals, and the kokutai -- The dharma after Darwin : Meiji Buddhism and the embrace of evolution -- The promise of utopia : socialist Darwinism and evolutionary utopianism -- "Evolutionary theory is the superstition of modernity" -- Kannon's enduring embrace NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BL263 SN 978-0-8248-5851-3 K1 Evolution (Biology) : Religious aspects K1 Evolution (Biology) : Japan : History K1 Social Darwinism : Japan K1 Evolution (Biology) : History : Japan