Science and Religion
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Science and Religion

Some Historical Perspectives

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Science and Religion

Some Historical Perspectives

About this book

John Hedley Brooke offers an introduction and critical guide to one of the most fascinating and enduring issues in the development of the modern world: the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief. It is common knowledge that in western societies there have been periods of crisis when new science has threatened established authority. The trial of Galileo in 1633 and the uproar caused by Darwin's Origin of Species (1859) are two of the most famous examples. Taking account of recent scholarship in the history of science, Brooke takes a fresh look at these and similar episodes, showing that science and religion have been mutually relevant in so rich a variety of ways that no simple generalizations are possible.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781107664463
eBook ISBN
9781139950855
Topic
History
Subtopic
Science History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. I Interaction between Science and Religion: Some Preliminary Considerations
  10. II Science and Religion in the Scientific Revolution
  11. III The Parallel between Scientific and Religious Reform
  12. IV Divine Activity in a Mechanical Universe
  13. V Science and Religion in the Enlightenment
  14. VI The Fortunes and Functions of Natural Theology
  15. VII Visions of the Past: Religious Belief and the Historical Sciences
  16. VIII Evolutionary Theory and Religious Belief
  17. Postscript: Science and Religion in the Twentieth Century
  18. Bibliographic Essay
  19. Sources of Quotations
  20. Index

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