Description |
1 online resource (vi, 351 pages) |
Series |
Religion in America series |
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Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
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Contents |
The history of science and religion : some evangelical dimensions / John Hedley Brooke -- The Puritan thesis revisited / John Morgan -- Christianity and early modern science : the Foster thesis reconsidered / Edward B. Davis -- Science, theology, and society : from Cotton Mather to William Jennings Bryan / Mark A. Noll -- Science and evangelical theology in Britain from Wesley to Orr / David W. Bebbington -- Science, natural theology, and evangelicalism in early nineteenth-century Scotland : Thomas Chalmers and the Evidence controversy / Jonathan R. Topham -- Scriptural geology in America / Rodney L. Stiling -- Situating evangelical responses to evolution / David N. Livingstone -- Telling tales : evangelicals and the Darwin legend / James Moore -- Creating creationism : meanings and uses since the age of Agassiz / Ronald L. Numbers -- A sign for an unbelieving age : evangelicals and the search for Noah's ark / Larry Eskridge -- "The science of duty" : moral philosophy and the epistemology of science in nineteenth-century America / Allen C. Guelzo -- Toward a Christian social science in Canada, 1890-1930 / Michael Gauvreau and Nancy Christie -- Evangelicals, Biblical scholarship, and the politics of the modern American academy / D.G. Hart -- The meaning of science for Christians : a new dialogue on Olympus / George Marsden |
Summary |
Comprising papers by such distinguished scholars as John Headley Brooke, James R. Moore, Ronald Numbers, and George Marsden, this collection shows that questions of science have been central to evangelical history in the United States, as well as in Britain and Canada |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Religion and science -- History.
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Evangelicalism -- History
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
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Evangelicalism
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Religion and science
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Evangelischen.
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Geloof en wetenschap.
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Natuurwetenschappen.
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Verenigde Staten.
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Canada.
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Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittanniƫ en Noord-Ierland.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0585182752 |
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9780585182759 |
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019535396X |
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9780195353969 |
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9780195115574 |
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0195115570 |
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