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Theology and Science in the Thought of Francis Bacon (Hardcover)
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Theology and Science in the Thought of Francis Bacon (Hardcover)
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This study re-evaluates the religious beliefs of Francis Bacon and
the role which his theology played in the development of his
program for the reform of learning and the natural sciences, the
Great Instauration. Bacon's Instauration writings are saturated
with theological statements and Biblical references which inform
and explain his program, yet this aspect of his writings has
received little attention. Previous considerations of Bacon's
religion have been drawn from a fairly short list of his published
writings. Consequently, Bacon has been portrayed as everything from
an atheist to a Puritan; scholarly consensus is lacking. This book
argues that by considering the historical context of Bacon's
society, and his conversion from Puritanism to anti-Calvinism as a
young man, his own theology can be brought into clearer focus, and
his philosophy more properly understood. After leaving his mother's
household, Bacon underwent a transformation of belief which led him
away from his mother's Calvinism and toward the writings of the
ancient Church Fathers, particularly Irenaeus of Lyon. Bacon's
theology increasingly came to reflect the theological interests of
his friend and editor Lancelot Andrewes. The patristic turn of
Bacon's belief in the last two decades of the reign of Elizabeth
significantly affected the development of his philosophical program
which was produced in the first two decades of the Stuart era. This
study then examines the theology present in the Instauration
writings themselves and concludes with a consideration of the
effect which Bacon's theology had on the subsequent direction of
empirical science and natural theology in the English context. In
so doing it not only offers a new perspective on Bacon, but will
serve as a contribution toward a better understanding of the
religious context of, and motivations behind, empirical science in
early modern England.
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