Darwin and Catholicism The Past and Present Dynamics of a Cultural Encounter

Darwin and Catholicism is a coherent collection of original papers, intended to mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species (1859). This compilation of essays offers a discussion of an area that, so far, has not been examined extensively-the interaction between Darwinian ideas and specific Catholic doctrine. Darwin's empirical work is taken here as the core of a cultural paradigm. Darwin and Catholicism illustrates a valuable panorama of arguments and reflections from outstanding scholars working in various fields related to Catholicism. Book jacket.

Louis Caruana is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Heythrop College in the University of London, UK.