This book provides an investigation into the role of theological
arguments in interpreting astronomical phenomena in the sixteenth
century.Beginning with an exploration of how the Reformers
conceived the relationship between natural and moral philosophy,
that is, physics and ethics, the author then investigates the
relationship between natural law and the order of nature in the
thought of Philip Melanchthon.These articles set the scene for a
discussion of the role of theological arguments, and in particular
understandings of God's Providence, in the interpretation of
astronomical phenomena in the late sixteenth century. A similar
interaction between theological, astronomical and political
arguments shaped Michael Maestlin's objections to the Gregorian
calendar reform. Johannes Kepler's arguments for the authority of
his astronomical theories show a tacit awareness that novelty was
to be equated with heresy also draw on theological motifs. The
strong parallel between his use of the theory of accommodation and
his understanding of hypothesis suggest that questions of theology
and questions of proof were closely related in his mind.A final
chapter considers critically Sachiko Kusukawa's thesis that
Melanchthon established "a Lutheran natural philosophy".
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