Eve and evolution: Christian responses to the first woman question, 1860-1900

Diarmid A Finnegan

doi:10.1353/jhi.2014.0011

Eve and evolution: Christian responses to the first woman question, 1860-1900

Diarmid A Finnegan

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Historians of encounters between evolutionary science and Christianity have long been aware of the significance placed upon debates about the applicability of evolution to Adam. It has not been widely noticed, however, that in more conservative circles the creation of Eve was frequently thought to be a more difficult problem to solve. This essay examines how, in distinctive ways, the creation of Eve became a point of contention among three communities of conservative Christian thinkers grappling with the implications of evolutionary theory in the period 1860-1900.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	281-303
Number of pages	23
Journal	Journal of the History of Ideas
Volume	75
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/jhi.2014.0011
Publication status	Published - Apr 2014

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