02416    a2200337   4500001001100000005001700011008004000028020001800068037003600086040000700122041000800129072001500137072001700152072001500169072001500184072001300199072001500212072001300227072001500240072002100255072002100276072002100297072001900318100002300337245006400360250000600424260003200430300001000462520159100472999001502063113811936920250317100402.0250312042015GB        6           eng    a9781138119369  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 45.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aQRD2thema7 aQRAM32thema7 aGTM2thema7 a1FK2bisac7 aHRG2bic7 aHRAM32bic7 aGTB2bic7 a1FK2bisac7 aREL0320002bisac7 aSOC0080002bisac7 aSOC0530002bisac7 a294.5242bisac1 aC. Mackenzie Brown10aHindu Perspectives on EvolutionbDarwin, Dharma, and Design  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20150804  a276 p  bProviding new insights into the contemporary creationist-evolution debates, this book looks at the Hindu cultural-religious traditions of India, the Hindu Dharma traditions. By focusing on the interaction of religion and science in a Hindu context, it offers a global context for understanding contemporary creationist-evolution conflicts and tensions utilizing a critical analysis of Hindu perspectives on these issues. The cultural and political as well as theological nature of these conflicts is illustrated by drawing attention to parallels with contemporary Islamic and Buddhist responses to modern science and Darwinism. The book explores various ancient and classical Hindu models to explain the origin of the universe encompassing creationist as well as evolutionary—but non-Darwinian—interpretations of how we came to be. Complex schemes of cosmic evolution were developed, alongside creationist proofs for the existence of God utilizing distinctly Hindu versions of the design argument. After examining diverse elements of the Hindu Dharmic traditions that laid the groundwork for an ambivalent response to Darwinism when it first became known in India, the book highlights the significance of the colonial context. Analysing critically the question of compatibility between traditional Dharmic theories of knowledge and the epistemological assumptions underlying contemporary scientific methodology, the book raises broad questions regarding the frequently alleged harmony of Hinduism, the eternal Dharma, with modern science, and with Darwinian evolution in particular.  c1369d1369