The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Natural Science
Title | The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Natural Science PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Harrison |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2001-07-26 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780521000963 |
An examination of the role played by the Bible in the emergence of natural science.
The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science
Title | The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Harrison |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2007-12-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521875595 |
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Religion and the Rise of Modern Science
Title | Religion and the Rise of Modern Science PDF eBook |
Author | Reijer Hooykaas |
Publisher | Regent College Publishing |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781573830188 |
At a time when religion and science are seen by many to be antagonists locked in a battle to the death, Professor Hooykaas offers a startling proposition: modern science, he suggests, is in good part a product of the Judeo-Christian influence on western thought.
The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Harrison |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2010-06-24 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0521712513 |
This book explores the historical relations between science and religion and discusses contemporary issues with perspectives from cosmology, evolutionary biology and bioethics.
Science Without God?
Title | Science Without God? PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Harrison |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2019-01-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0192571540 |
Can scientific explanation ever make reference to God or the supernatural? The present consensus is no; indeed, a naturalistic stance is usually taken to be a distinguishing feature of modern science. Some would go further still, maintaining that the success of scientific explanation actually provides compelling evidence that there are no supernatural entities, and that true science, from the very beginning, was opposed to religious thinking. Science without God? Rethinking the History of Scientific Naturalism shows that the history of Western science presents us with a more nuanced picture. Beginning with the naturalists of ancient Greece, and proceeding through the middle ages, the scientific revolution, and into the nineteenth century, the contributors examine past ideas about 'nature' and 'the supernatural'. Ranging over different scientific disciplines and historical periods, they show how past thinkers often relied upon theological ideas and presuppositions in their systematic investigations of the world. In addition to providing material that contributes to a history of 'nature' and naturalism, this collection challenges a number of widely held misconceptions about the history of scientific naturalism.
'Religion' and the Religions in the English Enlightenment
Title | 'Religion' and the Religions in the English Enlightenment PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Harrison |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2002-05-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521892933 |
This study examines the changes which took place in the understanding of 'religion' and 'the religions' during the Enlightenment in England, the period when the decisive break with Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance notions of religion occurred. Dr Harrison's view is that the principles of the English Enlightenment not only made a special contribution to our modern understanding of what religion is, but they pioneered, in addition, the 'scientific', or non-religious approach, to religious phenomena. During this period a crisis of authority in the Church necessitated a rational enquiry into the various forms of Christianity, and in addition, into the claims of all religions. This led to a concept of 'religion' (based on 'natural' theology) which could link together the apparently disparate religious beliefs and practices found in the empirical religions.
God and Nature
Title | God and Nature PDF eBook |
Author | David C. Lindberg |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 528 |
Release | 2023-11-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0520908031 |
Since the publication in 1896 of Andrew Dickson White's classic History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, no comprehensive history of the subject has appeared in the English language. Although many twentieth-century historians have written on the relationship between Christianity and science, and in the process have called into question many of White's conclusions, the image of warfare lingers in the public mind. To provide an up-to-date alternative, based on the best available scholarship and written in nontechnical language, the editors of this volume have assembled an international group of distinguished historians. In eighteen essays prepared especially for this book, these authors cover the period from the early Christian church to the twentieth century, offering fresh appraisals of such encounters as the trial of Galileo, the formulation of the Newtonian worldview, the coming of Darwinism, and the ongoing controversies over "scientific creationism." They explore not only the impact of religion on science, but also the influence of science and religion. This landmark volume promises not only to silence the persistent rumors of war between Christianity and science, but also serve as the point of departure for new explorations of their relationship, Scholars and general readers alike will find it provocative and readable.