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Science and Religion 2/e

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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9781421421728

A Historical Introduction

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Edited by Gary B. Ferngren
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: May 14, 2017
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 496

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Since its publication in 2002, Science and Religion has proven to be a widely admired survey of the complex relationship of Western religious traditions to science from the beginning of the Christian era to the late twentieth century. In the second edition, eleven new essays expand the scope and enhance the analysis of this enduringly popular book.

Tracing the rise of science from its birth in the medieval West through the scientific revolution, the contributors here assess historical changes in scientific understanding brought about by transformations in physics, anthropology, and the neurosciences and major shifts marked by the discoveries of Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and others. In seeking to appreciate the intersection of scientific discovery and the responses of religious groups, contributors also explore the theological implications of contemporary science and evaluate approaches such as the Bible in science and the modern synthesis in evolution, which are at the center of debates in the historiography, understanding, and application of science.

The second edition provides chapters that have been revised to reflect current scholarship along with new chapters that bring fresh perspectives on a diverse range of topics, including new scientific approaches and disciplines and non-Christian traditions such as Judaism, Islam, Asiatic religions, and atheism. This indispensible classroom guide is now more useful than ever before.

Contributors: Richard J. Blackwell, Peter J. Bowler, John Hedley Brooke, Glen M. Cooper, Edward B. Davis, Alnoor Dhanani, Diarmid A. Finnegan, Noah Efron, Owen Gingerich, Edward Grant, Steven J. Harris, Matthew S. Hedstrom, John Henry, Peter M. Hess, Edward J. Larson, Timothy Larson, David C. Lindberg, David N. Livingstone, Craig Martin, Craig Sean McConnell, James Moore, Joshua M. Moritz, Mark A. Noll, Ronald L. Numbers, Richard Olson, Christopher M. Rios, Nicolaas A. Rupke, Michael H. Shank, Stephen David Snobelen, John Stenhouse, Peter J. Susalla, Mariusz Tabaczek, Alan C. Weissenbacher, Stephen P. Weldon, and Tomoko Yoshida

Introduction
Part I: Science and Religion: Conflict or Complexity?
1. Science and Religion
Stephen P. Weldon
Part II: The Premodern Period
2. Aristotle and Aristotelianism
Edward Grant and Craig Martin
3. Early Christian Attitudes toward Nature
David C. Lindberg and Gary B. Ferngren
4. Science and Religion in Medieval Latin Christendom
Michael H. Shank and David C. Lindberg
5. Islam
Alnoor Dhanani and Glen M. Cooper
Part III: The Scientific Revolution
6. The Copernican Revolution
Owen Gingerich
7. Galileo Galilei
Richard J. Blackwell and Michael H. Shank
8. Early Modern Protestantism
Edward B. Davis
9. Isaac Newton
Stephen Snobelen
10. Natural Theology
John Hedley Brooke
Part IV: Transformations in Geology, Biology, and Cosmology, 1650-1900
11. Geology and Paleontology from 1700 to 1900
Nicolaas A. Rupke
12. Natural History
Peter M. Hess and John Henry
13. Charles Darwin
James Moore
14. Evolution
Peter J. Bowler and John Henry
15. Cosmogonies
Ronald L. Numbers and Peter J. Susalla
Part V: The Response of Religious Traditions
16. The Bible and Science
John Stenhouse
17. Roman Catholicism since Trent
Steven J. Harris and Mariusz Tabaczek
18. Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism
Mark A. Noll and Christopher M. Rios
19. The Scopes Trial
Edward J. Larson
20. Judaism and Sciences
Noah Efron
21. Modern Western Science and Asian Traditions
Tomoko Yoshida and Stephen P. Weldon
22. Atheism
John Henry
Part VI: The Theological Implications of Modern Science
23. Physics
Richard Olson
24. Modern Cosmologies
Craig McConnell
25. Causation
John Henry and Mariusz Tabaczek
26. The Modern Synthesis in Evolution
Joshua M. Moritz
27. Anthropology
Timothy Larson
28. American Psychology
Matthew S. Hedstrom
29. Neuroscience and the Human Person
Alan C. Weissenbacher
30. Ecology and the Environment
David N. Livingstone and Diarmid A. Finnegan
Acknowledgments
Index

""This second edition is more expansive and more in tune with contemporary discussions... For those who wish to get a good overview of the present status of science and religion as viewed by contemporary historians of science, this is a good book. It could also serve as an intellectually challenging introduction for undergraduates in a science/religion course.""

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