Adam's Ancestors ; Race, Religion, and the Politics of Human Origins

Author: David N. Livingstone
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B004RCNUIQ

Adam's Ancestors ; Race, Religion, and the Politics of Human Origins (Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context)

Although the idea that all human beings are descended from Adam is a long-standing conviction in the West, another version of this narrative exists: human beings inhabited the Earth before, or alongside, Adam, and their descendants still occupy the planet. Download Adam's Ancestors ; Race, Religion, and the Politics of Human Origins (Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. n this engaging and provocative work, David N. Livingstone traces the history of the idea of non-adamic humanity, and the debates surrounding it, from the Middle Ages to the present day. From a multidisciplinary perspective, Livingstone examines how this alternative idea has been used for cultural, religious, and political purposes. He reveals how what began as biblical criticism became a theological apologetic to reconcile religion with science -- evolution in particular -- and was later Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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