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02859aam a22003978i 4500 001 D1BA226C047611EB89AE83802EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201002011536 008 200610s2020 onc b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1487526806 020 $a 9781487526801 035 $a (OCoLC)1157317498 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a lac 043 $a e-uk--- 055 0 $a BL263 H47 2020 100 1 $a Hesketh, Ian, $d 1975- $e author. 245 10 $a Of apes and ancestors : $b evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford debate / $c Ian Hesketh. 263 $a 202008 264 1 $a Toronto ; $b University of Toronto Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 144 pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Tell me, sir, is it on your grandmother's or your grandfather's side that you are descended from an ape? In June of 1860, some of Britain's most influential scientific and religious authorities gathered in Oxford to hear a heated debate on the merits of Charles Darwin's recently published Origin of Species. The Bishop of Oxford, "Soapy" Samuel Wilberforce, clashed swords with Darwin's most outspoken supporter, Thomas Henry Huxley. The latter's triumph, amid quips about apes and ancestry, has become a mythologized event, symbolizing the supposed war between science and Christianity. But did the debate really happen in this way? Of Apes and Ancestors argues that this one-dimensional interpretation was constructed and disseminated by Darwin's supporters, becoming an imagined victory in the struggle to overcome Anglican dogmatism. By reconstructing the Oxford debate and carefully considering the individual perspectives of the main participants, Ian Hesketh argues that personal jealousies and professional agendas played a formative role in shaping the response to Darwin's hypothesis, with religious anxieties overlapping with a whole host of other cultural and scientific considerations. An absorbing study, Of Apes and Ancestors sheds light on the origins of a debate that continues, unresolved, to this day."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Huxley, Thomas Henry, $d 1825-1895. 600 10 $a Wilberforce, Samuel, $d 1805-1873. 600 10 $a Darwin, Charles, $d 1809-1882. 650 0 $a Evolution (Biology) $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Religion and science $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Intellectual life $y 19th century. 600 17 $a Darwin, Charles, $d 1809-1882. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00029136 600 17 $a Huxley, Thomas Henry, $d 1825-1895. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00041472 600 17 $a Wilberforce, Samuel, $d 1805-1873. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00004893 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210304014028.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D1BA226C047611EB89AE83802EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search