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Evolutions and Religious Traditions in the Long Nineteenth Century

National and Transnational Histories

Bernard Lightman,  Sarah Qidwai

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University of Pittsburgh Press
21 November 2023
Religion & science; History of religion
Series: Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
How Intellectuals and Global Publics Viewed the Relationship between Evolution and Diverse Religious Traditions.

Before the advent of radio, conceptions of the relationship between science and religion circulated through periodicals, journals, and books, influencing the worldviews of intellectuals and a wider public. In this volume, historians of science and religion examine that relationship through diverse mediums, geographic contexts, and religious traditions. Spanning within and beyond Europe and North America, chapters emphasize underexamined regions-New Zealand, Australia, India, Argentina, Sri Lanka, Egypt, and the Ottoman Empire-and major religions of the world, including Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Islam; interactions between those traditions; as well as atheism, monism, and agnosticism. As they focus on evolution and human origins, contributors draw attention to European scientists other than Darwin who played a significant role in the dissemination of evolutionary ideas; for some, those ideas provided the key to understanding every aspect of human culture, including religion. They also highlight central figures in national contexts, many of whom were not scientists, who appropriated scientific theories for their own purposes. Taking a local, national, transnational, and global approach to the study of science and religion, this volume begins to capture the complexity of cultural engagement with evolution and religion in the long nineteenth century.

AUTHORS: Bernard Lightman is distinguished research professor in the Humanities Department at York University and past president of the History of Science Society. His is the editor of Rethinking History and Science and Religion, and coeditor of Science Periodicals in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Identity in a Secular Age. He also serves as a general editor for The Correspondence of John Tyndall and the Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century series at the University of Pittsburgh Press.

Sarah Qidwai is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Regensburg. Qidwai is a historian of science and empire in the nineteenth century. Broadly speaking, she works on transnational and local perspectives of various scientific disciplines.
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Imprint:   University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
ISBN:   9780822947929
ISBN 10:   0822947927
Series:   Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Bernard Lightman is professor of humanities at York University and president of the History of Science Society. Among his most recent publications are the edited collections Global Spencerism: The Communication and Appropriation of a Brit

Reviews for Evolutions and Religious Traditions in the Long Nineteenth Century: National and Transnational Histories

This globe-spanning history is set to change our understanding of the relationship between science and religion in the nineteenth century. Moving far beyond the dominant narrative centered on Charles Darwin and Christianity, the authors challenge us to recognize the significance of transnational connections in transforming both evolutionary theories and religious traditions around the world. --James Poskett, University of Warwick


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