| Description |
xxvii, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Greenwood guides to science and religion
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Greenwood guides to science and religion.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-279) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Galileo and the church--or, How do science and religion interact? -- Religion and the transition to "modern" science : Christian demands for useful knowledge -- Science and Catholicism in the scientific revolution, 1550-1770 -- Science and religion in England, 1590-1740 -- Newton's religion, Newtonian religions, and eighteenth-century reactions -- Scientific understandings of religion and religious understandings of science, 1700-1859 -- Back to the beginnings--of the earth, of life, and of humankind, 1680-1859 -- What to do about Darwin? |
| Subject |
Religion and science -- History.
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Religion and science. |
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History. |
| ISBN |
0313326940 alkaline paper |
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9780313326943 alkaline paper |
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