Science and religion : some historical perspectives
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Science and religion : some historical perspectives
（Cambridge history of science）
Cambridge University Press, 1991
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Bibliography: p. 348-408
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this 1991 volume, John Hedley Brooke offers an introduction and critical guide to one of the most fascinating and enduring issues in the development of the modern world: the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief. It is common knowledge that in western societies there have been periods of crisis when new science has threatened established authority. The trial of Galileo in 1633 and the uproar caused by Darwin's Origin of Species (1859) are two of the most famous examples. Taking account of recent scholarship in the history of science, Brooke takes a fresh look at these and similar episodes, showing that science and religion have been mutually relevant in so rich a variety of ways that no simple generalizations are possible. A special feature of the book is that Brooke stands back from general theses affirming 'conflict' or harmony', which have so often served partisan interests. His object is to reveal the subtlety, complexity, and diversity of the interaction as it has taken place in the past and in the twentieth century.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Interaction between science and religion: some preliminary considerations
- 2. Science and religion in the scientific revolution
- 3. The parallel between scientific and religious reform
- 4. Divine activity in a mechanical universe
- 5. Science and religion in the enlightenment
- 6. The fortunes and functions of natural theology
- 7. Visions of the past: religious belief and the historical sciences
- 8. Evolutionary theory and religious belief
- Postscript: science and religion in the twentieth century
- Bibliographic essay
- Sources of quotations
- Index.
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