Darwin Day

Religion and science. To celebrate Darwin Day (12 Feb) we highlight Daniel Langton's work on Judaism and evolution, including: Reform Judaism and Darwin: How Engaging with Evolutionary Theory shaped American Jewish Religion (de Gruyter, 2019) and articles on "Elijah Benamozegh and Evolutionary Theory: A Nineteenth Century Italian Kabbalist's Panentheistic Response to Darwin" in European Journal of Jewish Studies (2016);  "Isaac Mayer Wise, Cosmic Evolution, and the Problem of Evil" in Chance or Providence: Religious Perspectives on Divine Action (2014); "Jewish Evolutionary Perspectives on Judaism, Anti-Semitism, and Race Science in Late 19th Century England: A Comparative Study of Lucien Wolf and Joseph Jacobs" in Jewish Historical Studies (2014); "Jewish Religious Thought, The Holocaust, and Darwinism: A Comparison of Hans Jonas and Mordecai Kaplan" in Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism (2013);  "Abraham Isaac Kook's Account of 'Creative Evolution': A Response to Modernity for the Sake of Zion" in Melilah: Journal of Jewish Studies (2013); and the Online reader: Darwin’s Jews (2016).