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Science and religion : some historical perspectives / John Hedley Brooke

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge history of sciencePublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991Description: x, 422 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0521239613
  • 0521283744
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 291.1 B872S
LOC classification:
  • BL245 .B77 1991
Contents:
Interaction between science and religion: some preliminary considerations -- Science and religion in the scientific revolution -- The parallel between scientific and religious reform -- Divine activity in a mechanical universe -- Science and religion in the Enlightenment -- The fortunes and functions of natural theology -- Visions of the past: religious belief and the historical
-- Evolutionary theory and religious belief -- Postscript: science and religion in the twentieth century
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-403) and index

Interaction between science and religion: some preliminary considerations -- Science and religion in the scientific revolution -- The parallel between scientific and religious reform -- Divine activity in a mechanical universe -- Science and religion in the Enlightenment -- The fortunes and functions of natural theology -- Visions of the past: religious belief and the historical

-- Evolutionary theory and religious belief -- Postscript: science and religion in the twentieth century

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