Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives

Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives
ISBN-10
1139952986
ISBN-13
9781139952989
Series
Science and Religion
Category
Science
Language
English
Published
2014-05-15
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
John Hedley Brooke

Description

John Hedley Brooke offers an introduction and critical guide to one of the most fascinating and enduring issues in the development of the modern world: the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief. It is common knowledge that in western societies there have been periods of crisis when new science has threatened established authority. The trial of Galileo in 1633 and the uproar caused by Darwin's Origin of Species (1859) are two of the most famous examples. Taking account of recent scholarship in the history of science, Brooke takes a fresh look at these and similar episodes, showing that science and religion have been mutually relevant in so rich a variety of ways that no simple generalizations are possible.

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