A history of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom. / By Andrew Dickson White. In two volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science--History.

Religion and science.

History.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., [1960]

Contents:

v. 1. From creation to evolution

Geography

Astronomy

From "signs and wonders" to law in the heavens

From Genesis to geology

The antiquity of man, Egyptology, and Assyriology

The antiquity of man and prehistoric archaeology

The "fall of man" and anthropology

The "fall of man" and ethnology

The "fall of man" and history

From "the prince of the power of the air" to meteorology

From magic to chemistry and physics.

v. 2. From miracles to medicine

From fetich to hygiene

From "demoniacal possession" to insanity

From diabolism to hysteria

From Babel to comparative philology

From the Dead Sea legends to comparative mythology

From Leviticus to political economy

From the Divine Oracles to the higher criticism.

Notes:

"This new Dover edition, first published in 1960, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the first edition that appeared in 1896."

"This is the most thorough account ever written of the great religious-scientific battles, and remains an eloquent testament to the scientific spirit. It is also, by the nature of its subject, a detailed collection of the important myths of Western culture. And finally, it becomes a history of the changes in religious dogma made necessary by advances in man's knowledge of his universe."--Cove.

Publisher's advertisements at end of volumes 1 and 2.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Index at end of volume 2.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy volumes 1 and 2 presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok June 1961 Philadelphia".

Potok Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations.

Other Format:

Online version: White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918. History of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom.

OCLC:

6079315