Quakers, Jews, and Science Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650-1900

Name: Quakers, Jews, and Science Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650-1900
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ISBN: 9780199276684

ISBN-10: 0199276684

ISBN-13: 9780199276684

Edition: 2005

Authors: Geoffrey Cantor

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How do science and religion interact? This study examines the ways in which two minorities in Britain - the Quaker and Anglo-Jewish communities - engaged with science. Drawing on a wealth of documentary material, much of which has not been analysed by previous historians, Geoffrey Cantor charts the participation of Quakers and Jews in many different aspects of science: scientific research, science education, science-related careers, and scientific institutions. The responses of bothcommunities to the challenge of modernity posed by innovative scientific theories, such as the Newtonian worldview and Darwin's theory of evolution, are of central interest.

Book details

List price: $190.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/24/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.53" long x 1.08" tall
Weight: 2.002
Language: English




Introduction: Science in `Dissenting' Religious Communities



Two Communities



Education and Careers



Scientific Institutions



Trajectories in Science



Quaker Attitudes and Practices



Quaker Responses to Evolution



Jewish Attitudes and Practices



Jewish Responses to Evolution



Historical Comparisons and Historiographical Reflections