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Author Brooke, John Hedley.

Title Science and religion : some historical perspectives / John Hedley Brooke
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991

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Description x, 422 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Series Cambridge history of science
Cambridge history of science.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Interaction between science and religion: some preliminary considerations -- 2. Science and religion in the scientific revolution -- 3. The parallel between scientific and religious reform -- 4. Divine activity in a mechanical universe -- 5. Science and religion in the enlightenment -- 6. The fortunes and functions of natural theology -- 7. Visions of the past: religious belief and the historical sciences -- 8. Evolutionary theory and religious belief -- Postscript: science and religion in the twentieth century -- Bibliographic essay -- Sources of quotations -- Index
Summary Science and religion in the twentieth century
Analysis Geschichte
Religion and science 1946-
Religion and science History
Religion Related to Science
Religion Related Science
Notes Includes index. Bibliographic essay: p. 348-403. Sources of quotations: p. 405-408
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-403) and index
Subject Enlightenment.
Evolution -- Religious aspects.
Natural theology.
Religion and science -- Addresses, essays, lectures etc
Religion and science -- History.
Religion and science.
LC no. 90048909
ISBN 0521239613
0521283744 (paperback)