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Peter Harrison on Christianity and the rise of Western science

Posted on 08/05/2012 by

‘Could modern science have arisen outside the theological matrix of Western Christendom?  It is difficult to say.  What can be said for certain is that it did arise in that environment, and that theological ideas underpinned some of its central … Continue reading →

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Alister McGrath, St. Augustine, Charles Darwin, evolution and ‘The Origin of Species’

Posted on 04/03/2011 by

Augustine’s Origin of Species by Alister McGrath Augustine would have rejected any idea of the development of the universe as a random or lawless process.  For this reason, Augustine would have opposed the Darwinian notion of random variations, insisting that … Continue reading →

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