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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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- … The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It …
- … into this complicated relationship throughout Darwin’s life, as it reveals his personal and …
- … (and doubt) than many non-conformist denominations. Darwin’s parents attended a Unitarian chapel …
- … A nominal adherence to the Anglican Church’s teachings was still essential for admittance to many of …
- … necessary studies to be a clergyman. During Darwin’s lifetime, the vast majority of the …
- … with the pursuit of scientific interests. Indeed, Darwin’s Cambridge mentor, John Stevens Henslow, …
- … clergymen naturalists. A nostalgic piece in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine described the early …
- … on every side his own snug ivy-covered house’ (Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (1887): 321). …
- … to Caroline Darwin, 25–6 April [1832] ). Darwin’s sisters were extremely supportive of his desire …
- … (letter to W. D. Fox, [9–12 August] 1835 ). Darwin’s doubts about orthodox belief, and his …
- … went dutifully to the local Anglican church of St Mary’s each Sunday. All the children were baptised …
- … their children Mary and Charles were buried; later Darwin’s brother Erasmus, Emma’s sister Sarah, …
- … of the letters highlighted in this section focus on Darwin’s long-standing relationship with the …
- … was named perpetual curate of Down in 1846 (Crockford’s). Innes was a High-Churchman, that is, a …
- … Innes’s approval the reins passed to George Sketchley Ffinden. Darwin’s relationship with …
- … informed Darwin that though he ‘heard all good of M r . Ffinden’s moral character, his clerical …
- … Innes, 5 June 1871 ). Particularly in the early days of Ffinden’s tenure, Innes continued to keep …
- … particular sums on the expectation of particular results. Ffinden strongly disapproved of the …
- … as a reading room for the working classes in the evening. Ffinden opposed the activity, and as a …
- … to Down School Board, [after 29 November 1873] ). Ffinden fiercely resented Darwin for going …
- … April [1875] ). The tensions between the Darwins and Ffinden over the management of parish …
- … supported Fegan’s work in the village, writing in 1880 or 1881: ‘your services have done more for …
- … in the village’ (letter to J. W. C. Fegan, [December 1880 – February 1881] ). Indeed, the Darwin …
- … Press in association with Nova Pacifica. Paz, D. G., ed. 1995. Nineteenth-century English …
