Protestant modernist pamphlets : science and religion in the Scopes era / Edward B. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Edward Bradford, 1953-

Series:

Medicine, science, and religion in historical context.

Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science--History.

Religion and science.

Modernism (Christian theology)--United States.

Modernism (Christian theology).

Religion and science--United States--History--20th century.

United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

United States.

American Institute of Sacred Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 316 pages) : $b illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This work is a hybrid of a scholarly edition and an academic monograph that focuses on the relation between science and religion in early twentieth century America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Part One: Protestant Modernist Responses to Bryan. Introduction ; 1. "Spiking Bryan's Guns" : Contested Definitions of "Science" and "Religion" ; 2. Liberal Protestant Scientists and Clergy Join Forces : The Story of the AISL Pamphlets ; 3. Science and Religion, Chicago Style : The Protestant Modernist Encounter with Science

Part Two: The AISL "Science and Religion" Pamphlets. Franklin (1922): Evolution and the Bible (1922) / Edwin Grant Conklin ; Fosdick (1922):Evolution and Mr. Bryan (1922) / Harry Emerson Fosdick ; Mathews (1922): How Science Helps Our Faith (1922) / Shailer Mathews ; Millikin (1923): A Scientist Confesses His Faith (1923) / Robert Andrews Millikan ; Frost (1924): The Heavens are Telling (1924) / Edwin Brant Frost ; Schmucker (1926): Through Science to God, The Humming Bird's Story : An Evolutionary Interpretation (1926) / Samuel Christian Schmucker ; Pupin (1928): Creative Co-ordination (1928) / Michael Idvorsky Pupin ; Religion's Debt to Science (1928) / by Harry Emerson Fosdick ; Compton, Mathews, and Gilkey (1930): Life After Death (1930) / by Arthur Holly Compton, Shailer Mathews, and Charles W. Gilkey ; Mather (1931): The Religion of a Geologist (1931) / Kirtley Fletcher Mather – Appendices. 1. Publication Details for AISL Pamphlet Series "Science and Religion" and Related Publications ; 2. Publication Runs for AISL Pamphlets and the Millikan "Statement" ; 3A. Scientists Who Supported AISL Pamphlets, 1922–1928 ; 3B. Scientists Who Supported AISL Pamphlets, 1928–1934.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

1-4214-4983-8

OCLC:

1456761688