Science and Religion Around the World

ISBN-13: 9780195328196 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 336 str.

John Headley Brooke; Ronald L. Numbers

Opis

The past quarter-century has seen an explosion of interest in the history of science and religion. But all too often the scholars writing it have focused their attention almost exclusively on the Christian experience, with only passing reference to other traditions of both science and faith. At a time when religious ignorance and misunderstanding have lethal consequences, such provincialism must be avoided and, in this pioneering effort to explore the historical relations of what we now call "science" and "religion," the authors go beyond the Abrahamic traditions to examine the way nature has been understood and manipulated in regions as diverse as ancient China, India, and sub-Saharan Africa. Science and Religion around the World also provides authoritative discussions of science in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- as well as an exploration of the relationship between science and the loss of religious beliefs. The narratives included in this book demonstrate the value of plural perspectives and of the importance of location for the construction and perception of science-religion relations.

Recenzje

The range of topics and sophistication is extraordinary for a book of this size. The overall approach to the field draws on excellent work by recent scholars of the Western tradition. ...Science and Religion around the World clearly merits a place of the shelf.

O autorze

John Hedley Brooke is Emeritus Fellow of Harris Manchester College Oxford; Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Durham; President of the International Society for Science and Religion Ronald L. Numbers is Hilldale and William Coleman Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison