Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Evolution, Past and Present: 1. Nature and scope of evolution; 2. Early evolutionary views; 3. Fossils and giants; 4. Spontaneous generation and scientific discovery; 5. From Lord Bacon to Charles Darwin; 6. Controversy and progress; 7. Evidences of evolution; 8. Objections against evolution; Part II. Evolution and Dogma: 9. Misconceptions of theory, errors in doctrine and mistakes in terminology; 10. Monism and evolution; 11. Agnosticism and evolution; 12. Theism and evolution; 13. The origin and nature of life; 14. The Simian origin of man; 15. Teleology, old and new; 16. Retrospect, reflections and conclusions.

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An 1896 study of the Catholic theological tradition as it relates to evolution.