Rhetorical Darwinism: Religion, Evolution, and the Scientific Identity

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RhetoRical DaRwinism Studies in Rhetoric and Religion 11 Editorial Board Martin J. Medhurst Editorial Board Chair Baylor University Vanessa B. Beasley Vanderbilt University Randall L. Bytwerk Calvin College James M. Farrell University of New Hampshire James A. Herrick Hope College Michael J. Hyde Wake Forest University Thomas M. Lessl University of Georgia John S. McClure Vanderbilt University Gary S. Selby Pepperdine University RhetoRical DaRwinism Religion, Evolution, and the Scientific Identity thomas m. lessl BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS © 2012 by Baylor University Press Waco, Texas 76798 All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing of Baylor University Press. Cover Design by theBookDesigners Cover Image: Cover images © Shutterstock/fivespots, MarcelClemens, Bill McKelvie Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lessl, Thomas M., 1954– Rhetorical darwinism : religion, evolution, and the scientific identity / Thomas M. Lessl. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60258-403-7 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Science--Public opinion. 2. Religion and science. 3. Science--Philosophy. I. Title. Q172.5.P82L47 2011 261.5’5--dc23 2011021757 Printed in the United States of America on 30% pcw recycled acid-free paper. For Ruth ...