Rhetorical darwinism : religion, evolution, and the scientific identity / Thomas M. Lessl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lessl, Thomas M., 1954-

Series:

Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 11.

Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Public opinion.

Science.

Religion and science.

Science--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Everything evolves, science tells us, including the public language used by scientists to sustain and perpetuate their work. Harkening back to the Protestant Reformation-a time when the promise of scientific inquiry was intimately connected with a deep faith in divine Providence-Thomas Lessl traces the evolving role and public identity of science in the West. As the Reformation gave way to the Enlightenment, notions of Providence evolved into progress. History's divine plan could now be found in nature, and scientists became history's new prophets. With Darwin and the emergence of ev

Contents:

The social meaning of evolutionary rhetoric

Francis Bacon and the scientific identity

Science in God's bosom

From two books to one

The new Christianity

Positivism in the world of Thomas Huxley

Scientism scientized

The continuing evolution of evolutionism and science's battle for the public mind.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613582799

9781280487569

1280487569

9781602584051

1602584052

OCLC:

794364931