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      Charles Darwins Origin of Species: Icoon van het atheïsme? Translated title: Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species: Icon of Atheism?

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      NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion
      Amsterdam University Press

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          Charles Darwins Origin of Species (1859) wordt vaak als icoon van het atheïsme beschouwd, omdat de daarin gepresenteerde theorie religieuze verklaringen van de biodiversiteit grotendeels overbodig maakte. Darwin zelf trok echter geen atheïstische conclusies uit zijn theorie. Hoewel hij het christelijk geloof reeds eerder geleidelijk had losgelaten, verwees hij in de Origin verschillende malen naar de Schepper op een manier die men niet als onoprecht kan afdoen. Autobiografische aantekeningen maken duidelijk dat zijn religieuze positie zou blijven fluctueren tussen agnosticisme en theïsme. Nu eens verdedigde Darwin een greater good theodicee, dan weer wanhoopte hij aan de adequaatheid daarvan.

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          New atheists often portray Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1859) as an icon of atheism, since it made religious explanations of biodiversity largely superfluous. Darwin himself did not draw atheistic conclusions from his theory, however. Although he had gradually abandoned the Christian faith at an earlier stage, in the Origin he referred to the Creator several times in ways that cannot be dismissed as disingenuous. Autobiographical notes make clear that his religious stance continued to fluctuate between agnosticism and theism. He sometimes endorsed a greater good theodicy – but then again despaired of its adequacy. Far from being an atheist, in general he strikes us as an afflicted theistic believer.

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          NTT
          NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion
          Amsterdam University Press
          2542-6583
          2590-3268
          2016
          18 July 2019
          : 70
          : 2
          : 151-162
          Author notes

          Dr. G. van den Brink bekleedt de University Research Chair voor Theology & Science aan de Faculteit der Godgeleerdheid, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, g.vanden.brink@ 123456vu.nl .

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          10.5117/NTT2016.70.151.BRIN
          6062bc26-291d-4c52-a261-01ef56b58146
          © 2018 Amsterdam University Press
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