Science and Spirituality: The Volatile Connection

ISBN-13: 9780415257688 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 240 str.

David M. Knight

Opis

Science and Spirituality offers a new history of the interaction between Western science and faith, which explores their volatile connection, and challenges the myth of their being locked in inevitable conflict.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Foreword 1. Christian materialism 2. Watchmaking 3. Wisdom and benevolence 4. Genesis and geology 5. High church science and higher pantheism 6. God working His purpose out 7. Lay sermonising 8. Knowledge and faith 9. Handling chance 10. Clergy and clerisy 11. Mastering nature 12. Meaning and purpose Notes Index

O autorze

David Knight is a Professor at Durham University and former President of the British Society for the History of Science