History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition
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Age Of The Earth
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Comte De Buffon
Confers
Copernicus
cosmology history
Creation Of The World
Cuvier
Della
epistemology of science
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Extraterrestrial
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Held
historical science religion interaction
Inclined
Julien Offray De La Mettrie
Mankind
Mechanical Philosophy
Moses Maimonides
Natural Theology
North
philosophy of nature
Prophecy
religious epistemology
science and faith
scientific revolution studies
Scriptural Geology
Spokesmen
Theodicy
Thomas Aquinas
Violate
Young Man
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- ISBN 9780815316565
- Weight: 1608g
- Dimensions: 210 x 280mm
- Publication Date: 13 Jun 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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First comprehensive survey in the field The debate over evolution's place in the school science curriculum in the United States illustrates the ongoing importance of the relationship between science and religion in the West. Surprisingly, however, that relationship has not always been a locus of contention. It has been varied and multifaceted, with religion oftentimes nurturing and encouraging scientific progress. For the first time, this relationship, which has gone on in some form perhaps since the dawn of history itself, is chronicled-through the analysis of intellectual movements, Western religious traditions, and the evolving manifestations of science. A truly vast range of coverage Reaching back to Greece in the fifth century B.C.E. and proceeding to the late twentieth century, this volume describes the relationship of science and religion throughout history. From ancient cosmology and medieval occult sciences to modern physics and psychology, every major intellectual movement and discipline of study is covered. There is also comprehensive coverage of the foundational aspects of the study of science and religion, with, for example, detailed discussions of the demarcation of science and religion, of epistemology, and of causation. Coverage of scientists' religious concerns Also included here are biographical studies of major scientific figures-among them Galileo, Newton, and Darwin-who were particularly concerned with the religious implications and dimensions of their scientific discoveries.
Gary B. Ferngren is Professor of History at Oregon State University, where he has taught since 1970. He holds a Ph.D. (1973) from the University of British Columbia and has written extensively on the social history of ancient medicine, the history of medical ethics, and the historical relationship of religion and medicine.
Edward J. Larson is Richard B. Russell Professor of History and Law at the University of Georgia, Athens.
Darrel W. Amundsen is Professor of Classics at Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.
