Science and Religion A Historical Introduction

Name: Science and Religion A Historical Introduction
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ISBN: 9780801870385

ISBN-10: 0801870380

ISBN-13: 9780801870385

Edition: 2002

Authors: Gary B. Ferngren

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The 30 essays in this volume survey the relationship of Western religious traditions to science from the start of the Christian era to the late 20th century. The collection introduces a variety of approaches to understanding their intersection, suggesting a model of complex interaction.

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 8/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction



Science and Religion: Conflict or Complexity?



The Conflict of Science and Religion




The Historiography of Science and Religion




The Premodern Period



Aristotle and Aristotelianism




Early Christian Attitudes toward Nature




Medieval Science and Religion




Islam




The Scientific Revolution



The Copernican Revolution




Galileo Galilei




Early Modern Protestantism




Causation




Mechanical Philosophy




Isaac Newton




Natural Theology




Transformations in Geology, Biology, and Cosmology, 1650-1900



Geology and Paleontology




Natural History




Charles Darwin




Evolution




Cosmogonies




The Response of Religious Traditions



Roman Catholicism since Trent




Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism




Creationism since 1859




The Scopes Trial




The Theological Implications of Modern Science



Physics




Twentieth-Century Cosmologies




Scientific Naturalism




The Design Argument




Ecology and the Environment




Current Historiographical Issues



Gender




The Social Construction of Science




Postmodernism



Index