Darwin's falling sparrow : Victorian evolutionists and the meaning of suffering / Kristin R. Johnson.

Author
Johnson, Kristin, 1973- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Lanham : Prometheus, [2024]
  • ©2024
Description
xiii, 304 pages ; 24 cm

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Summary note
"The book applies a biographical, narrative lens to explore what people in the past believed and why, and how and why those beliefs - about God, nature, history, and human agency - changed over time"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • The goodness of the deity
  • From nature's coffins to her cradles
  • The scale of suffering expands
  • Darwin and other people's children
  • Ten thousand wedges
  • Grandeur in this view of life
  • The descent of man
  • Dealing with descent.
ISBN
  • 9781633888746
  • 1633888746 ((cloth))
LCCN
2023012804
OCLC
1385404930
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