The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 [Paperback]

Henry Calderwood's 1880 New York lectures arguing that theism and evolutionary theory can be reconciled.Henry Calderwood, former professor of moral philosophy at Edinburgh University, wrote several books advocating the compatibility of religion and science and attempting to defuse the controversies surrounding evolutionary theory. In these lectures, given in New York in 1880, he argues that theism and evolution are not at odds.Henry Calderwood, former professor of moral philosophy at Edinburgh University, wrote several books advocating the compatibility of religion and science and attempting to defuse the controversies surrounding evolutionary theory. In these lectures, given in New York in 1880, he argues that theism and evolution are not at odds.First published in both New York and London in 1881, at a time of heated debates over the relationship between science and religion, this book arose from Henry Calderwood's Morse lectures given in association with Union Theological Seminary, New York in 1880. Calderwood, a Scottish clergyman, was professor of moral philosophy at Edinburgh University for over thirty years. He published on a wide range of subjects and devoted several books to the science/religion question, taking the line that theism and evolution were compatible. The present volume provides evidence of the lively international dimension of the late nineteenth-century intellectual engagement with evolutionary theory and related scientific and philosophical developments and is a valuable resource for historians of the subject.1. Conditions of the inquiry; 2. Experience gathered from past conflicts; 3. Inorganic elements in the universe; 4. Organised existence; 5. Relation of lower and higher organisms; 6. Higher organisms; 7. Man's place in the world; 8. Divine interposition for moral government; Appendix.