Chapters in this essay

• Introduction
  • Confusion in Terminology
  • Personal nature of the subject matter
  • Historical Myopia
• Origins of Darwinism
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  • Historical Background
  • The Descent of Man
  • Neo-Darwinism: Scientific Evolution & Evolutionism
• The Theological Challenge
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  • The Position of the Vatican
  • The Protestant Theologians
  • American Response to Darwinism
• Muslim Responses to Darwinism
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  • The Scientific Response
  • The Religious Response
• Biological Origins - A Metaphysical Reconstruction
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  • The Missing Link
  • Argument from Design
  • Scientific Challenge to Evolution - The Optical Phenomenon
  • A Thought Experiment
  • Conclusion