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  2. Theistic evolution - Wikipedia

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    Supporters of theistic evolution generally attempt to harmonize evolutionary thought with belief in God and reject the conflict between religion and science; they hold that religious beliefs and scientific theories do not need to contradict each other. [2] [3] Diversity exists regarding how the two concepts of faith and science fit together. [4]

  3. Acceptance of evolution by religious groups - Wikipedia

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    This view is generally accepted by major Christian churches, including the Catholic Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Episcopal Church (United States), and some other mainline Protestant denominations; [3] virtually all Jewish denominations; and other religious groups that lack a literalist stance concerning some holy scriptures.

  4. The Evolution of Atheism - Wikipedia

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    The Evolution of Atheism was published on 2 November 2015 by the Oxford University Press. [1] Author Stephen LeDrew, who is Canadian, [2] was a postdoctoral researcher in sociology at the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society of Uppsala University at the time of the book's publication. [3] [2] It was his first book, adapted from his PhD ...

  5. Evolutionism - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Institute for Creation Research, in order to imply placement of evolution in the category of 'religions', including atheism, fascism, humanism and occultism, commonly uses the words evolutionism and evolutionist to describe the consensus of mainstream science and the scientists subscribing to it, thus implying through language ...

  6. Atheism and religion - Wikipedia

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    The approach taken varies between Christian denominations, and Christian ministers may intelligently distinguish an individual's claims of atheism from other nominal states of personal perspective, such as plain disbelief, an adherence to science, a misunderstanding of the nature of religious belief, or a disdain for organized religion in general.

  7. Evolutionary psychology of religion - Wikipedia

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    The evolutionary psychology of religion is the study of religious belief using evolutionary psychology principles. It is one approach to the psychology of religion.As with all other organs and organ functions, the brain's functional structure is argued to have a genetic basis, and is therefore subject to the effects of natural selection and evolution.

  8. Religious views of Charles Darwin - Wikipedia

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    As a child, Darwin attended Shrewsbury Unitarian Church.. Charles Darwin was born during the Napoleonic Wars and grew up in their aftermath, a conservative time when Tory-dominated government closely associated with the established Anglican Church of England repressed Radicalism, but when family memories recalled the 18th-century Enlightenment and a multitude of Non-conformist churches held ...

  9. Atheistic existentialism - Wikipedia

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    Atheistic existentialism is the exclusion of any transcendental, metaphysical, or religious beliefs from philosophical existentialist thought (e.g. anguish or rebellion in light of human finitude and limitations).