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Science and Religion, 1450-1900
Richard G. Olson
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Description for Science and Religion, 1450-1900
Paperback. Explores the many ways in which religion - its ideas, attitudes, practices, and institutions - interacted with science from the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century. This work explores those interactions by focusing on a sequence of major religious and intellectual movements. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23, 20 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Galileo. Newton. Darwin. These giants are remembered for their great contributions to science. Often forgotten, however, is the profound influence that Christianity had on their lives and work. This study explores the many ways in which religion-its ideas, attitudes, practices, and institutions-interacted with science from the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century. Both scientists and persons of faith sometimes characterize the relationship between science and religion as confrontational. Historian Richard G. Olson finds instead that the interactions between science and religion in Western Christendom have been complex, often mutually supportive, even transformative. This book ... Read more
Galileo. Newton. Darwin. These giants are remembered for their great contributions to science. Often forgotten, however, is the profound influence that Christianity had on their lives and work. This study explores the many ways in which religion-its ideas, attitudes, practices, and institutions-interacted with science from the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century. Both scientists and persons of faith sometimes characterize the relationship between science and religion as confrontational. Historian Richard G. Olson finds instead that the interactions between science and religion in Western Christendom have been complex, often mutually supportive, even transformative. This book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801884009
SKU
V9780801884009
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About Richard G. Olson
Richard G. Olson is a professor of history at Harvey Mudd College. He is the author of The Emergence of the Social Sciences, 1642-1792 (Twayne Press, 1993) and Science Deified and Science Defied (University of California Press, 1990).
Reviews for Science and Religion, 1450-1900
Highly recommended. Readers with an interest in science, at the lower-undergraduate level and above. Choice Provide[s] a rich historical background to the interaction between science and religion.
Seymour H. Mauskopf Nuncius 2007 Should appeal to aficionados of science and religion interested in the interaction of culture with the development of science.
Fraser F. Fleming Perspectives on Science and ... Read more
Seymour H. Mauskopf Nuncius 2007 Should appeal to aficionados of science and religion interested in the interaction of culture with the development of science.
Fraser F. Fleming Perspectives on Science and ... Read more