Category: Culture & Ethics
Darwin, Wordsworth, and Natural Theology
I give here a short sample of just one of the passages in “Tintern Abbey” where Wordsworth reports undergoing what might be described as a moment of epiphany.
Natural Revelation and Natural Selection: Wordsworth versus Darwin
It has long been recognized that the many hymns to Nature in the poetic works of William Wordsworth (1770-1850) convey an implicit belief in natural theology.
Jonathan Wells: A Story of Heartbreaking Evil from Texas
How will our culture look back on this period of madness, once we get beyond it, as one hopes we will do soon?
John Lennox: Dante, Glaucus, and Transhumanism
Meanwhile, the will to become gods — transhumanism in a nutshell — still beckons with its ancient glamour.
Berlinski, Metaxas in NYC: What Is a Human Being?
The issues involved in the evolution debate derive their interest and importance largely from one question.