Rethinking Science and Religion in Early Modern Culture.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitch, Aaron.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Natural theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2026.

Summary:

This edited collection identifies new relations and intersections between science and religion in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

A Note on Texts and Spelling

Introduction Aaron Kitch and Jennifer Rust

Part One: Divine Matter: Embodiment in Early Modern Science

1 Vesalius, Anatomy, and Salvation History Sarah S. Keleher

2 Strange Evidence: Hymens Between Science and Religion Margaret Ferguson

3 Hamlet's Soul: Science, Religion, and Theatrical Subjectivity Aaron Kitch

Part Two: Legacies of Early Modern Science and Theology

4 Versions of Negative Theology: Kenelm Digby and Margaret Cavendish Peter Remien

5 The Religious Origins of Colonial Science: Hans Sloane as Bacon's New Solomon Amy Cooper

6 Counting Time: Then and Now Jonathan Sawday

Part Three: Poesy and the Mediation of Religion and Science

7 Spouse, Heir, and Handmaid: Composing Natural Philosophy in Bacon, Cowley, and Dryden Mingna Cheng

8 A "Goldmine of Inspiration": Literature's Role in the Science and Religion of Richard Dawkins and Thomas Sprat Jacqueline L. Cowan

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Kitch, Aaron Rethinking Science and Religion in Early Modern Culture

ISBN:

9781350511637

OCLC:

1595737088