Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine - Evolutionary Theory and Religion in Modern Japan

Informationen zum Autor G. Clinton Godart is associate professor of Japanese studies at the Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University. Klappentext Examines the history of evolutionary theory in Japan. Bringing to life more than a century of ideas, G. Clinton Godart examines how and why Japanese intellectuals, religious thinkers of different faiths, philosophers, biologists, journalists, activists, and ideologues engaged with evolutionary theory and religion. Zusammenfassung Examines the history of evolutionary theory in Japan. Bringing to life more than a century of ideas! G. Clinton Godart examines how and why Japanese intellectuals! religious thinkers of different faiths! philosophers! biologists! journalists! activists! and ideologues engaged with evolutionary theory and religion.

Product details

• Authors: G Clinton Godart, G. Clinton Godart
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9780824858513
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-5851-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous