Evolution and Bahá’í Belief
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Contents[edit]
PART ONE
‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Response to Darwinism: Its Historical and Philosophical Context by Keven Brown
Section 1: The Historical Context
- 1.1 Teleological Thinking vs. Population Thinking
- 1.2 Evidences Favoring Darwinism
- 1.3 Essentialist Objections to Darwinism
- 1.4 Essentialist Alternatives
- 1.5 Rizqullah al-Barbárí’s Description of Darwinism
- 1.6 Yaqub Sarruf’s Article Supporting Darwin
- 1.7 James Denis’ Refutation of Darwinism
- 1.8 Edwin Lewis Responds to James Denis
- 1.9 Yusuf al-Há’ik Responds to One of Lewis’ Critics
- 1.10 Shiblí Shumayyil and Ludwig Büchner
- 1.11 Refutations of Materialism
- 1.12 Arabic Speaking Essentialists
Section 2: The Originality of Species
Section 3: Species, Essence, and Becoming: The Views of the “Philosophers of the East”
- 3.1 Aristotle
- 3.2 Plato
- 3.3 The Middle Platonists and the Church Fathers
- 3.4 William of Ockham
- 3.5 Alfarabi
- 3.6 Avicenna
- 3.7 Averroes
- 3.8 Suhrawardi
- 3.9 Mullá Ṣadrá
- 3.10 Shaykh Aḥmad al-Aḥsá’í
- 3.11 Summary of the Views of the “Philosophers of the East”
Section 4: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Response to Darwinism
- 4.1 The Principle of Cause and Effect
- 4.2 Formation by God’s Voluntary Will
- 4.3 The Question of Evolution
- 4.4 Some Non-References to Evolution
- 4.5 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Arguments Against Darwinian Transmutation
- 4.6 A Model for Temporal Creation
- 4.7 Saltation
- 4.8 The Question of Uniqueness
- 4.9 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Criticism of the “Struggle for Survival”
PART TWO
The Origin of Complex Order in Biology: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Concept of the “Originality of Species” Compared to Concepts in Modern Biology by Eberhard von Kitzing
Section 1: Evolution and Bahá’í Belief
- 1.1 Darwin’s Challenge to the Classical Worldview
- 1.2 The Seminal Nature of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Statements on Evolution
- 1.3 About “Some European Philosophers”
- 1.4 Evolution Discussions in the Bahá’í Community
Section 2: “Species” and “Evolution” in Occidental Biology
- 2.1 Classical Concepts of Species and Evolution
- 2.2 Modern Concepts of Species and Evolution
- 2.3 Summary
Section 3: The Origin of Complex Order in our Universe
- 3.1 Explaining Complex Order
- 3.2 The Origin of Order in Modern Cosmologies
- 3.3 The Origin of Order in Modern Biology
- 3.4 Summary
Section 4: Top-Down Evolution: Assuming a Voluntary Origin of Order
- 4.1 Three Possible Causes of Formation: A Proof for Voluntary Design
- 4.2 Linking Voluntary Design and Modern Sciences
- 4.3 Hatcher’s Interpretation of the “Three Causes”
- 4.4 Does Evolution Have a Goal?
- 4.5 Summary
Section 5: Evolution and the Originality of Species
- 5.1 The Theory of “Some European Philosophers”
- 5.2 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Critique of the Theory of the European Philosophers
- 5.3 The Compatibility of Evolution with an Abstract Timeless Order
- 5.4 Parallel Evolution
- 5.5 The Meaning of the Term “Species”
- 5.6 Summary
Section 6: Spiritual Dimensions of the Human Origin Discussion
- 6.1 Implications of the Unity of Nature
- 6.2 At Home in the Universe
