A history of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom
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A history of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom
（Cambridge library collection, . Religion）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- v. 1 : pbk
- v. 2 : pbk
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"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
Facsim. of ed. published: New York : D. Appleton, 1896
Includes bibliographical references
Includes index in v. 2
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108000093
Description
First published in 1896, this two-volume history of the conflict between theology and science quickly became a landmark text. It was widely recognised, along with John William Draper's History of the Conflict between Religion and Science, as a defining study of the relationship between religion and science. A distinguished educator, scholar and writer, Andrew Dickson White was the first president of Cornell University. White held the view that religion was historically opposed to progress in the field of science. He argued that any interference on the part of religion in science had always proved disastrous, whereas scientific investigation, no matter how seemingly damaging to religion, had always resulted in the highest good. This book is the culmination of thirty years of White's research, publication and lectures on the subject. Volume one discusses creation, evolution, geography, astronomy, meteorology, ethnology and antiquity.
Table of Contents
- 1. From creation to evolution
- 2. Geography
- 3. Astronomy
- 4. From 'signs and wonders' to law in the heavens
- 5. From Genesis to geology
- 6. The antiquity of man, Egyptology and Assyriology
- 7. The antiquity of man and prehistoric archaeology
- 8. The 'fall of man' and anthropology
- 9. The 'fall of man' and ethnology
- 10. The 'fall of man' and history
- 11. From 'the prince of the power of the air' to meteorology
- 12. From magic to chemistry and physics.
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v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108000109
Description
First published in 1896, this two-volume history of the conflict between theology and science quickly became a landmark text. It was widely recognised, along with John William Draper's History of the Conflict between Religion and Science, as a defining study of the relationship between religion and science. A distinguished educator, scholar and writer, Andrew Dickson White was the first president of Cornell University. White held the view that religion was historically opposed to progress in the field of science. He argued that any interference on the part of religion in science had always proved disastrous, whereas scientific investigation, no matter how seemingly damaging to religion, had always resulted in the highest good. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom is the culmination of thirty years of White's research, publication and lectures on the subject. Volume two discusses medicine, insanity, mythology, political economy and comparative philology.
Table of Contents
- 13. From miracles to medicine
- 14. From fetich to hygiene
- 15. From 'demoniacal' possession to insanity
- 16. From diabolism to hysteria
- 17. From Babel to comparative philology
- 18. From the Dead Sea legends to comparative mythology
- 19. From Leviticus to political economy
- 20. From the divine oracles to the higher criticism.
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