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Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … theory for religion. His local activities in the village of Down paint a fascinating picture of a …
- … ‘I find I steadily have a distant prospect of a very quiet parsonage, & I can see it even …
- … last letter that you still look forward to the horrid little parsonage in the desert. I was …
- … but assuredly not that of a clergyman. The parish of Down In 1842, within six years of …
- … involved. Although he was not the principal landowner in Down, Darwin was a gentleman of means, and …
- … Innes (1817–94). Innes was named perpetual curate of Down in 1846 (Crockford’s). Innes was a High …
- … Innes to John William Lubbock, the principal landowner in Down, in a letter of 1854 in which he said …
- … entrusted the family’s dog, Quiz, when he moved away from Down (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 December …
- … Darwin was developed not only by years of daily contact in Down, but also by also by several decades …
- … of a resident curate and the maintenance of a local parsonage. The right to appoint was known as an …
- … and the appointment of curates. The village of Down did not fare well under this system. The …
- … following Innes’s departure. In Innes’s absence, Down suffered through a succession of short …
- … yacht, and only on hearing about the consternation in Down at his absence did he write, not to Innes …
- … of the poor accommodation that was available to him in Down. Darwin immediately wrote to Innes and …
- … to testify in a suit brought by Horsman relating to the Down school and organ funds (letter to J. B. …
- … the curate absconded to Ireland for three months, leaving Down entirely without a clergyman. Later, …
- … concerned through all the uproar about the reputation of the Down church; he even cited as a cause …
- … the unsuccessful attempts to arrange the construction of a parsonage, and with Innes’s approval the …
- … Innes. Ffinden, like Innes, was a High-Churchman. He came to Down determined to take charge of the …
- … their comments on Ffinden’s proposed alterations to Down Church, towards which Darwin and Innes had …
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