Essays On The Context Nature And Influence Of Isaac Newton S Theology

Author : J.E. Force,R.H. Popkin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400919440

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Essays on the Context, Nature, and Influence of Isaac Newton’s Theology by J.E. Force,R.H. Popkin Pdf

This collection of essays is the fruit of about fifteen years of discussion and research by James Force and me. As I look back on it, our interest and concern with Newton's theological ideas began in 1975 at Washington University in St. Louis. James Force was a graduate student in philosophy and I was a professor there. For a few years before, I had been doing research and writing on Millenarianism and Messianism in the 17th and 18th centuries, touching occasionally on Newton. I had bought a copy of Newton's Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John for a few pounds and, occasionally, read in it. In the Spring of 1975 I was giving a graduate seminar on Millenarian and Messianic ideas in the development of modem philosophy. Force was in the seminar. One day he came very excitedly up to me and said he wanted to write his dissertation on William Whiston. At that point in history, the only thing that came to my mind about Whiston was that he had published a, or the, standard translation of Josephus (which I also happened to have in my library. ) Force told me about the amazing views he had found in Whiston's notes on Josephus and in some of the few writings he could find in St. Louis by, or about, Whiston, who was Newton's successor as Lucasian Professor of mathematics at Cambridge and who wrote inordinately on Millenarian theology.

Author : J E Force,R H Popkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1990-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 940091945X

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Essays on the Context, Nature, and Influence of Isaac Newton's Theology by J E Force,R H Popkin Pdf

Author : J.E. Force,R.H. Popkin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789401724265

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Newton and Religion by J.E. Force,R.H. Popkin Pdf

Over the past twenty-five years - since the very large collection of Newton's papers became available and began to be seriously examined - the beginnings of a new picture of Newton has emerged. This volume of essays builds upon the foundation of its authors in their previous works and extends and elaborates the emerging picture of the `new' Newton, the great synthesizer of science and religion as revealed in his intellectual context.

Author : M. Goldish
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401720144

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Judaism in the Theology of Sir Isaac Newton by M. Goldish Pdf

This book is based on my doctoral dissertation from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1996) of the same title. As a master's student, working on an entirely different project, I was well aware that many of Newton's theological manuscripts were located in our own Jewish National and University Library, but I was under the mistaken assumption that scores of highly qualified scholars must be assiduously scouring them and publishing their results. It never occurred to me to look at them at all until, having fmished my master's, I spoke to Professor David Katz at Tel-Aviv University about an idea I had for doctoral research. Professor Katz informed me that the project I had suggested was one which he himself had just fmished, but that I might be interested in working on the famous Newton manuscripts in the context of a project being organized by him, Richard Popkin, James Force, and the late Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs, to study and publish Newton's theological material. I asked him whether he was not sending me into the shark-infested waters of highly competitive scholarship, and learned that in fact there were only a handful of scholars in the world who actively studied and published on Newton's theology. At the time the group consisted mainly of Popkin, Force, Dobbs, Frank Manuel, Kenneth Knoespel, and David Castillejo.

Author : Steffen Ducheyne
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789400721265

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“The main Business of natural Philosophy” by Steffen Ducheyne Pdf

In this monograph, Steffen Ducheyne provides a historically detailed and systematically rich explication of Newton’s methodology. Throughout the pages of this book, it will be shown that Newton developed a complex natural-philosophical methodology which encompasses procedures to minimize inductive risk during the process of theory formation and which, thereby, surpasses a standard hypothetico-deductive methodological setting. Accordingly, it will be highlighted that the so-called ‘Newtonian Revolution’ was not restricted to the empirical and theoretical dimensions of science, but applied equally to the methodological dimension of science. Furthermore, it will be documented that Newton’s methodology was far from static and that it developed alongside with his scientific work. Attention will be paid not only to the successes of Newton’s innovative methodology, but equally to its tensions and limitations. Based on a thorough study of Newton’s extant manuscripts, this monograph will address and contextualize, inter alia, Newton’s causal realism, his views on action at a distance and space and time, the status of efficient causation in the /Principia/, the different phases of his methodology, his treatment of force and the constituents of the physico-mathematical models in the context of Book I of the /Principia/, the analytic part of the argument for universal gravitation, the meaning and significance of his regulae philosophandi, the methodological differences between his mechanical and optical work, and, finally, the interplay between Newton’s theology and his natural philosophy.

Author : Tessa Morrison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034800464

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Isaac Newton's Temple of Solomon and his Reconstruction of Sacred Architecture by Tessa Morrison Pdf

This book is about a side of Isaac Newton’s character that has not been examined – Isaac Newton as architect as demonstrated by his reconstruction of Solomon’s Temple. Although it is well known that Isaac Newton worked on the Temple, and this is mentioned in most of his biographies and in articles on the religious aspects of this work, however, there is no research on Newton’s architectural work. This book not only recreates Newton’s reconstruction of the Temple but it also considers how his work on the Temple interlinks with his other interests of science, chronology, prophecy and theology. In addition the book contains the first translation of Introduction to the Lexicon of the Prophets, Part two: About the appearance of the Jewish Temple commonly known by its call name Babson 0434. This work will appeal not only to scholars of science and architectural history but also to scholars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries’ history of ideas.

Author : Craig S. Keener
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 1459 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441239990

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Miracles : 2 Volumes by Craig S. Keener Pdf

Christianity Today 2013 Book Award Winner Winner of The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship's 2012 Award of Excellence 2011 Book of the Year, Christianbook.com's Academic Blog Most modern prejudice against biblical miracle reports depends on David Hume's argument that uniform human experience precluded miracles. Yet current research shows that human experience is far from uniform. In fact, hundreds of millions of people today claim to have experienced miracles. New Testament scholar Craig Keener argues that it is time to rethink Hume's argument in light of the contemporary evidence available to us. This wide-ranging and meticulously researched two-volume study presents the most thorough current defense of the credibility of the miracle reports in the Gospels and Acts. Drawing on claims from a range of global cultures and taking a multidisciplinary approach to the topic, Keener suggests that many miracle accounts throughout history and from contemporary times are best explained as genuine divine acts, lending credence to the biblical miracle reports.

Author : Kaspar von Greyerz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : Creation
ISBN : 9780192864369

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European Physico-Theology (1650-C. 1760) in Context by Kaspar von Greyerz Pdf

Physico-theology celebrated the observation of nature as a way toward recognising God as Creator, demonstrating the compatibility of the biblical record with new science. This is an English-language monograph which studies the impact of physico-theology on the intellectual and socio-cultural establishment in Europe from the mid-17th century.--

Author : Arthur Gibson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136365652

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God and the Universe by Arthur Gibson Pdf

This is a publicity title in the light of the latest scientific discoveries Publication strongly supported by Jacques Derrida (who will provide endorsement for cover) and Martin Rees, astronomer royal Attractively illustrated throughout

Author : J.E. Force,S. Hutton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781402022388

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Newton and Newtonianism by J.E. Force,S. Hutton Pdf

Newton's theology, his study of alchemy, the early reception of Newtonianism, & the history of Newtonian scholarship are topics included in the eleven essays that comprise this volume.

Author : J.E. Force,R.H. Popkin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789401732499

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The Books of Nature and Scripture by J.E. Force,R.H. Popkin Pdf

Dick Popkin and James Force have attended a number of recent conferences where it was apparent that much new and important research was being done in the fields of interpreting Newton's and Spinoza's contributions as biblical scholars and of the relationship between their biblical scholarship and other aspects of their particular philosophies. This collection represents the best current research in this area. It stands alone as the only work to bring together the best current work on these topics. Its primary audience is specialised scholars of the thought of Newton and Spinoza as well as historians of the philosophical ideas of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

Author : Magne Sæbø,Michael Fishbane,Jean Louis Ska
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 1249 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647539829

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Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation by Magne Sæbø,Michael Fishbane,Jean Louis Ska Pdf

Dieser Band setzt das große internationale Standardwerk zur Rezeption der Hebräischen Bibel/des Alten Testaments, das christliche und jüdische Fachleute aus der ganzen Welt vereint, fort. Es stellt die alttestamentliche Exegese von den Anfängen innerbiblischer Schriftdeutung bis zur gegenwärtigen Forschung umfassend dar. Dieser Band widmet sich der Zeitspanne zwischen Renaissance und Aufklärung (1300–1800).

Author : Derya Gürses Tarbuck
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315316871

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Enlightenment Reformation by Derya Gürses Tarbuck Pdf

Towards moderation -- 6 From moderation to assimilation: 1777-1806 -- Last men standing -- The Hutchinsonian reputation in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index

Author : Gary B. Ferngren
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801870385

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Science and Religion by Gary B. Ferngren Pdf

Written by distinguished historians of science and religion, the thirty essays in this volume survey the relationship of Western religious traditions to science from the beginning of the Christian era to the late twentieth century. This wide-ranging collection also introduces a variety of approaches to understanding their intersection, suggesting a model not of inalterable conflict, but of complex interaction. Tracing the rise of science from its birth in the medieval West through the scientific revolution, the contributors describe major shifts that were marked by discoveries such as those of Copernicus, Galileo, and Isaac Newton and the Catholic and Protestant reactions to them. They assess changes in scientific understanding brought about by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century transformations in geology, cosmology, and biology, together with the responses of both mainstream religious groups and such newer movements as evangelicalism and fundamentalism. The book also treats the theological implications of contemporary science and evaluates recent approaches such as environmentalism, gender studies, social construction, and postmodernism, which are at the center of current debates in the historiography, understanding, and application of science. Contributors: Colin A. Russell, David B. Wilson, Edward Grant, David C. Lindberg, Alnoor Dhanani, Owen Gingerich, Richard J. Blackwell, Edward B. Davis, Michael P. Winship, John Henry, Margaret J. Osler, Richard S. Westfall, John Hedley Brooke, Nicolaas A. Rupke, Peter M. Hess, James Moore, Peter J. Bowler, Ronald L. Numbers, Steven J. Harris, Mark A. Noll, Edward J. Larson, Richard Olson, Craig Sean McConnell, Robin Collins, William A. Dembski, David N. Livingstone, Sara Miles, and Stephen P. Weldon.

Author : Avihu Zakai
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567226501

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Jonathan Edwards's Philosophy of Nature by Avihu Zakai Pdf

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