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Science and religion : a historical introduction / edited by Gary B. Ferngren.

LIBRA BL245 .S37 2002
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Ferngren, Gary B.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Religion and science--History.
Religion and science.
History.
Physical Description:
xiv, 401 pages ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Science & religion
Place of Publication:
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Contents:
Part I Science and Religion: Conflict or Complexity? 1
1 The Conflict of Science and Religion / Colin A. Russell 3
2 The Historiography of Science and Religion / David B. Wilson 13
Part II The Premodern Period 31
3 Aristotle and Aristotelianism / Edward Grant 33
4 Early Christian Attitudes toward Nature / David C. Lindberg 47
5 Medieval Science and Religion / David C. Lindberg 57
6 Islam / Alnoor Dhanani 73
Part III The Scientific Revolution 93
7 The Copernican Revolution / Owen Gingerich 95
8 Galileo Galilei / Richard J. Blackwell 105
9 Early Modern Protestantism / Edward B. Davis, Michael P. Winship 117
10 Causation / John Henry 130
11 Mechanical Philosophy / Margaret J. Osler 143
12 Isaac Newton / Richard S. Westfall 153
13 Natural Theology / John Hedley Brooke 163
Part IV Transformations in Geology, Biology, and Cosmology, 1650-1900 177
14 Geology and Paleontology / Nicolaas A. Rupke 179
15 Natural History / Peter M. Hess 195
16 Charles Darwin / James Moore 208
17 Evolution / Peter J. Bowler 219
18 Cosmogonies / Ronald L. Numbers 234
Part V The Response of Religious Traditions 245
19 Roman Catholicism since Trent / Steven J. Harris 247
20 Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism / Mark A. Noll 261
21 Creationism since 1859 / Ronald L. Numbers 277
22 The Scopes Trial / Edward J. Larson 289
Part VI The Theological Implications of Modern Science 299
23 Physics / Richard Olson 301
24 Twentieth-Century Cosmologies / Craig Sean Mcconnell 314
25 Scientific Naturalism / Edward B. Davis, Robin Collins 322
26 The Design Argument / William A. Dembski 335
27 Ecology and the Environment / David N. Livingstone 345
Part VII Current Historiographical Issues 357
28 Gender / Sara Miles, John Henry 359
29 The Social Construction of Science / Stephen P. Weldon 374
30 Postmodernism / Stephen P. Weldon 381.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0801870380
OCLC:
48871135

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