The Challenge of Evolution to Religion

Author : Johan De Smedt (Saint Louis University, Missouri)

Paperback

Published : Thursday 13 February 2020

ISBN : 9781108716048

Price : €19.89

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The Challenge of Evolution to Religion

by Johan De Smedt (Saint Louis University, Missouri)

Paperback

13 Feb 2020

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>> Philosophy AND Social Aspects

€19.89

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This Element focuses on three challenges of evolution to religion: teleology, human origins, and the evolution of religion itself. We show how tensions arise and offer potential responses for religion. Individual religions can meet these challenges, if some of their metaphysical assumptions are adapted or abandoned.

This Element focuses on three challenges of evolution to religion: teleology, human origins, and the evolution of religion itself. First, religious worldviews tend to presuppose a teleological understanding of the origins of living things, but scientists mostly understand evolution as non-teleological. Second, religious and scientific accounts of human origins do not align in a straightforward sense. Third, evolutionary explanations of religion, including religious beliefs and practices, may cast doubt on their justification. We show how these tensions arise and offer potential responses for religion. Individual religions can meet these challenges, if some of their metaphysical assumptions are adapted or abandoned.

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