Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons: Frankenstein: Texts and Contexts: Creation, Resurrection, and Life

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New Catholic Encyclopedia: Creation (1917)
The traditional Catholic theological view of creation.
New Catholic Encyclopedia: General Resurrection (1917)
The Catholic, and Anglican, teaching on the resurrection of the dead on the Last Day.
Design Arguments for the Existence of God
An survey of the idea that the workings of nature provide proof of a divine creator.

Animal Magnetism. Report of Dr. Franklin (1784)
A report by Benjamin Franklin which debunks the validity of the "science" of animal magnetism. This English translation was published in 1837.
Wonders and Mysteries of Animal Magnetism Displayed (1791)
A British text in support of the idea of animal magnetism, an unseen ethereal fluid that could induce a state of hypnotism. First propounded by Franz Mesmer (1734-1815), this idea is commonly known as mesmerism.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: "Life"
A survey of the concept, from mechanism and vitalism to artificial life.