ROLE OF THEOLOGY IN THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moritz, Joshua M.

Series:

Brill Research Perspectives.

Brill research perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : BRILL, 2017.

Summary:

After a bibliographic introduction highlighting various research trends in science and religion, Joshua Moritz explores how the current academic and conceptual landscape of theology and science has been shaped by the history of science, even as theology has informed the philosophical foundations of science. The first part assesses the historical interactions of science and the Christian faith (looking at the cases of human dissection in the Middle Ages and the Galileo affair) in order to challenge the common notion that science and religion have always been at war. Part two investigates the nature of the interaction between science and Christian theology by exploring the role that metaphysical presuppositions and theological concepts have played—and continue to play—within the scientific process.

Contents:

The Role of Theology in the History and Philosophy of Science.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-105).

ISBN:

90-04-36022-0

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004360228 DOI