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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
- 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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