Interpretations of the Bible and Darwin

Referring to my earlier post on Darwin and Christianity, it is often assumed that Christian thinkers tended to take the bible literally until refuted by some hero of science such as Galileo or Darwin. In fact, going back to St. Augustine, Christian thinkers were keen to seek truth both in revelation and the world around them. The tradition of interpreting the bible allegorically or metaphorically is much older than that of treating the Bible as literally true, which is a relatively recent development linked to fundamentalist evangelicalism.