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Contents:
Science and Religion
The Conflict of Science and Religion
The Historiography of Science and Religion
The Premodern PeriodAristotle and Aristotelianism
Early Christian Attitudes toward Nature
Medieval Science and Religion
Islam
The Scientific RevlutionThe Copernican Revolution
Galileo Galilei
Early Modern Protestantism
Causation
Mechanical Philosophy
Isaac Newton
Natural Theology
Transformations in Geology, Biology, and CosmologyGeology and
Paleontology
Natural History
Charles Darwin
Evolution
Cosmogonies
The Response of Religious TraditionsRoman Catholic since Trent
Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism
Creation since 1859
The Scopes Trial
The Theological Implications of Modern SciencePhysics
Twentieth-Century Cosmologies
Scientific Naturalism
The Design Argument
Ecology and the Environment
Current Historiographical IssuesGender
The Social Construct of Science
Postmodernism
Ferngren offers us a selection of essays by leading specialists on the most important issues in the history of science and religion. I know of no other book that so gracefully introduces the reader to this burgeoning field. -- Ann Blair, Harvard University
Gary B. Ferngren is a professor of history at Oregon State University and general editor of The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia.
An essential purchase for any library that does not have the larger volume. Library Journal This work is both accessible and authoritative. Editors have taken pains to make sure the writing is consistently approachable and the scholarly depth of the individual contributors in certainly more than adequate to label this volume authoritative. Research News and Opportunities in Science and Technology Ferngren is to be commended for conveying the vitality and influence of science and religion through this series of excellent contributions from leading authors in the field. -- Fraser F. Fleming Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
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