Tag: St. George Jackson Mivart

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Author
Michael Chaberek

Date
January 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Aquinas and Evolution, Aristotle, Catholic evolutionism, Catholic scientists, Catholicism and Evolution, Christianity, Congregation of the Index, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Darwinism, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, faith and science, First Things, Humani Generis, Kenneth W. Kemp, Knowledge and Evolution, neo-Platonism, Plato, Pope Leo XIII, Pope Pius IX, Raffaello Caverni, St. George Jackson Mivart, St. Thomas Aquinas, Stephen Barr, Steve Greene, Syllabus Errorum, The Origins of Catholic Evolutionism, Zoonomia}

Catholicism and Evolution: A Response to Stephen Barr

_{Michael Chaberek, O.P.
January 28, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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These publications are far from telling, in Barr’s words, “the full story of how the Church did react to the theory of evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
October 5, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Asa Gray, atomism, barnacles, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Duke of Argyll, Epicureanism, evolution, Fleeming Jenkin, Inkwell Press, James Barham, Lucretianism, On the Genesis of Species, Origin of Species, Richard Owen, Roman Catholics, Samuel Haughton, Sir Charles Lyell, St. George Jackson Mivart, Stephen Jay Gould, The Descent of Man, theists, vera causa}

A Neglected Dissenter from Darwinism: St. George Mivart

_{Neil Thomas
October 5, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Mivart’s objection to Darwinism has not gone away (although it is often studiously ignored). Read More ›

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Author
James Barham

Date
September 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Church of England, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, evolutionism, excommunication, faith and science, historical figures, history, James Barham, King’s College, On the Genesis of Species, Origin of Species, Richard Owen, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholics, St. George Jackson Mivart, Thomas Henry Huxley, Wikipedia, William Dembski}

St. George Jackson Mivart: A Historical Snapshot

_{James Barham
September 30, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

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In the end, Darwin, Huxley, and their friends collectively decided to “cut him dead,” meaning to ostracize him socially. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bats, biological origins, books, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, convergence, Darwinists, development, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, excommunication, growth, humans, Inkwell Press, John Henry Newman, monographs, natural selection, On the Genesis of Species, Roman Catholics, St. George Jackson Mivart, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley}

An 1871 Critic of Darwinism Whose Criticisms Still Pack a Punch

_{William A. Dembski
September 29, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A new series aims to restore a historically honest balance to the debate over evolution and design in the study of biological origins. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Arno Penzias, Arthur Holly Compton, Bible, Cambridge University, Catholic clergy, Charles Townes, Deborah Haarsma, DNA, evolution, Fred Hoyle, Georges Lemaître, Guillermo Gonzalez, humans, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, John Ray, Melissa Cain Travis, Museum of the Bible, Nancy Pearcey, Nobel Prize, Ota Benga, Psalms, Robert Jastrow, Signature in the Cell, St. George Jackson Mivart, Stephen Meyer, Thinking God’s Thoughts}

No. 7 Story of 2023: Exhibition on the Bible and Science Opens in Nation’s Capital

_{John G. West
December 26, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges a popular misconception about the relationship between the Bible and science. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
January 23, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Arno Penzias, Arthur Holly Compton, Bible, Cambridge University, Catholic clergy, Charles Townes, Deborah Haarsma, DNA, evolution, Fred Hoyle, Guillermo Gonzalez, humans, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, John Ray, Melissa Cain Travis, Museum of the Bible, Nancy Pearcey, Nobel Prize, Ota Benga, Psalms, Robert Jastrow, Signature in the Cell, St. George Jackson Mivart, Stephen Meyer, Thinking God’s Thoughts}

New Exhibition on the Bible and Science Opens in Nation’s Capital

_{John G. West
January 23, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges a popular misconception about the relationship between the Bible and science. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", blind spot, common descent, convergent evolution, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionists, humans, intelligent design, junk science, Müller cells, Nathan Lents, neurons, photoreceptors, Richard Dawkins, squid, St. George Jackson Mivart}

Why Junk Design Arguments Are Junk Science

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 24, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Examples of so-called “convergent” evolution are ubiquitous, including the camera eye design shared by the squid and human. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
November 1, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, agnosticism, Alfred Russel Wallace, animals, Arthur Balfour, C.S. Lewis, evolution, G.K. Chesterton, Gifford lectures, intelligent design, morality, natural selection, Plato, relativism, St. George Jackson Mivart, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin}

Humanity: Natural Selection’s Ultimate Challenge According to C. S. Lewis

_{John G. West
November 1, 2021

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

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How could a blind material process produce man’s unique capabilities of reason and conscience? Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
August 8, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, convergence, convergent evolution, Darwinism, engineer, Ernst Mayr, flowering plants, François Jacob, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, On the Origin of Species, Simon Conway Morris, St. George Jackson Mivart, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks}

Ignoring the Obvious: Convergent Evolution in Strickberger’s Evolution

_{Robert Shedinger
August 8, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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Remarkably, even Ernst Mayr was forced to tacitly acknowledge the challenge to Darwinism posed by convergence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 18, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, anthropology, apes, Ardi, human origins, humans, missing links, St. George Jackson Mivart}

The Human-Ape “Missing Link” — Still Missing

_{Casey Luskin
July 18, 2017

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

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Research into human origins, we mean the entire field, is a mess. Read More ›