It is a widely shared assumption that science and religion are
fundamentally opposed to each other. Yet, recent historiography has
shown that religious belief needs to be added to the social,
economic, political, and other cultural factors that went into the
making of modern science. This new collection shows religious ideas
not only motivated scientific effort but also shaped the actual
content of major scientific theories. The fourteen studies
contained in this volume concentrate on such topics as the
theological facets of modern astronomy in the works of Galileo,
Kepler, and Newton; the retention of teleology in the natural
philosophy of Boyle; and the theistic and teleological associations
of the modern theory of evolution authored by Darwin and Wallace.
While the majority of the contributions focus on the Christian
traditions, the collection also contains case-studies of Judaic and
Islamic influences.
Reflecting the fecundity of contemporary scholarship, the current
volume should be of extraordinary interest to historians of
science, scientists, as well as anyone intrigued by the many ways
in which relations between religion and science have been
constructed.
Contributors include:
Peter Barker,
John Hedley Brooke,
Geoffrey Cantor,
Margaret G. Cook,
Michael J. Crowe,
Thomas Dixon,
Noah J. Efron,
Richard England,
Martin Fichman,
Maurice A. Finocchiaro,
Menachem Fish,
Bernard R. Goldstein,
Bernard Lightman,
Margaret J. Osler
F. Jamil Ragep,
Phillip R. Sloan,
Stephen Snobelen,
Jitse M. van der Meer,
Stephen J. Wykstra,
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