St. George Jackson Mivart: evo-devo, epigenetics and Thomism

David O. Brown

doi:10.1080/14746700.2022.2124483

St. George Jackson Mivart: evo-devo, epigenetics and Thomism

David O. Brown

School of Natural and Built Environment

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St. George Jackson Mivart is mostly remembered as a cautionary tale. If Mivart is mentioned at all in modern debates, it is to offer an example of how not to do biology and theology. However, in this paper I argue that, ongoing developments in evolutionary biology have produced genuine alternatives to strict neo-Darwinism that not only seek to downplay the role of natural selection, but do so in ways that are strikingly reminiscent of Mivart’s unpopular theory. Similarly, modern Thomists are also taking an approach to science and religion that mirrors Mivarts own approach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	474-492
Number of pages	19
Journal	Theology and Science
Volume	20
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14746700.2022.2124483
Publication status	Published - 20 Sept 2022

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