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Clifford also argues that, in transforming the meaning of species from fixed
and discrete to fluid and possessing the capacity to evolve, <!g>Darwins real
target was limited to <!g>Paleys very particular and highly rationalistic form of
<!g>natural theology with its insistence on radical divine sovereignty over a
passive and static world and its insensitivity to suffering in nature. C. S. J.
Clifford, Anne M., "Darwin's Revolution in <!g>the Origin of Species: A
<!g>Hermeneutical Study of the Movement from Natural Theology to <!g>Natural
Selection," in <!g>Evolutionary and Molecular Biology: Scientific
Perspectives on Divine Action, ed. <!g>Robert John Russell, William R. Stoeger,
S. J and Francisco J. <!g>Ayala (Vatican City State; Berkeley, California: Vatican
Observatory Publications; <!g>Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences,
1998). See a further reference to
Cliffords work under Part 3, A below.
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