In 1963—4 and 1964—5, Sir Alister Hardy, Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and noted researcher in religious experience was invited to deliver the Gifford Lectures at the University of Aberdeen. This first volume concerns itself primarily with the relation between natural history and natural theology. Hardy consciously places himself in the tradition of Darwin and Wallace, “who, perhaps more than anyone else in their century, influenced the outlook of philosophers and shook at least some of the walls of theology.” (p.

In 1963—4 and 1964—5, Sir Alister Hardy, Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and noted researcher in religious experience was invited to deliver the Gifford Lectures at the University of Aberdeen. This first volume concerns itself primarily with the relation between natural history and natural theology. Hardy consciously places himself in the tradition of Darwin and Wallace, “who, perhaps more than anyone else in their century, influenced the outlook of philosophers and shook at least some of the walls of theology.” (p.