Tag: Theodosius Dobzhansky

Hope and the Ultimate Synthesis <br><span style='color:#8D8381;font-size:18px;'>Lessons from a Russian Orthodox Scientist, Part 3</span>
Religion and Science, Theology

Hope and the Ultimate Synthesis
Lessons from a Russian Orthodox Scientist, Part 3

by on January 13, 2022
Total views: 499 views
Readers' rating:
0
(0)

by Christopher Howell | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Română | Русский | Српски In two previous posts, I covered the scientist Theodosius Dobzhansky’s scientific and political views. The third area I would like to focus on is religion, where we are on less stable ground. Dobzhansky’s views on religion were idiosyncratic and highly…

Continue reading
The Camel and Needle <br><span style='color:#8D8381;font-size:18px;'>Lessons from a Russian Orthodox Scientist, Part 2</span>
Religion and Science, Theology

The Camel and Needle
Lessons from a Russian Orthodox Scientist, Part 2

by on August 27, 2021
Total views: 597 views
Readers' rating:
0
(0)

by Christopher Howell | български | ქართული | ελληνικά Read Part 1: Between Darwin and Dostoevsky Freedom mattered to Theodosius Dobzhansky. He was concerned to articulate a scientific worldview in which Darwin buttressed free will, and he felt it helped answer the problem of evil (offering an early version of the “free process defense” to…

Continue reading
Between Darwin and Dostoevsky <br><span style='color:#8D8381;font-size:18px;'>Lessons from a Russian Orthodox Scientist, Part 1</span>
Religion and Science, Theology

Between Darwin and Dostoevsky
Lessons from a Russian Orthodox Scientist, Part 1

by on July 23, 2021
Total views: 1,313 views
Readers' rating:
4.3
(69)

When he was young and Russia was in the throes of revolution, Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975) felt the “urgency of finding a meaning of life…in the bloody tumult.” But he was stuck between two poles that drew him equally: religion and science. He loved Darwin and he loved Dostoevsky. “The intellectual stimulation derived from the works…

Continue reading
Contact

Dr. Nathaniel Wood
Managing Editor
nawood@fordham.edu

Disclaimer

Public Orthodoxy seeks to promote conversation by providing a forum for diverse perspectives on contemporary issues related to Orthodox Christianity. The positions expressed in the articles on this website are solely the author’s and do not necessarily represent the views of the editors or the Orthodox Christian Studies Center.

Attribution

Public Orthodoxy is a publication of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University

Search Public Orthodoxy

Choose language