Theology and Science in the Thought of Francis Bacon

ISBN-13: 9780815398424 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 164 str.

Matthews Steven

Opis

This study re-evaluates the religious beliefs of Francis Bacon and the role which his theology played in the development of his program for the reform of learning and the natural sciences, the Great Instauration.

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Breaking with a puritan past; Bacon's turn toward the ancient faith; In the beginning: the creation of nature and the nature of the fall; On the ways of salvation: Bacon's 2-fold via salutis; In the autumn of the world: features of the age of instauration; Bacon's circle and his legacy; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Steven Matthews is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA..