The Warfare Between Science And Religion

Author : Jeff Hardin,Ronald L Numbers,Ronald A. Binzley
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781421426198

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The Warfare between Science & Religion by Jeff Hardin,Ronald L Numbers,Ronald A. Binzley Pdf

A “very welcome volume” of essays questioning the presumption of irreconcilable conflict between science and religion (British Journal for the History of Science). The “conflict thesis”—the idea that an inevitable, irreconcilable conflict exists between science and religion—has long been part of the popular imagination. The Warfare between Science and Religion assembles a group of distinguished historians who explore the origin of the thesis, its reception, the responses it drew from various faith traditions, and its continued prominence in public discourse. Several essays examine the personal circumstances and theological idiosyncrasies of important intellectuals, including John William Draper and Andrew Dickson White, who through their polemical writings championed the conflict thesis relentlessly. Others consider what the thesis meant to different religious communities, including evangelicals, liberal Protestants, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Finally, essays both historical and sociological explore the place of the conflict thesis in popular culture and intellectual discourse today. Based on original research and written in an accessible style, the essays in The Warfare between Science and Religion take an interdisciplinary approach to question the historical relationship between science and religion, and bring much-needed perspective to an often-bitter controversy. Contributors include: Thomas H. Aechtner, Ronald A. Binzley, John Hedley Brooke, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Noah Efron, John H. Evans, Maurice A. Finocchiaro, Frederick Gregory, Bradley J. Gundlach, Monte Harrell Hampton, Jeff Hardin, Peter Harrison, Bernard Lightman, David N. Livingstone, David Mislin, Efthymios Nicolaidis, Mark A. Noll, Ronald L. Numbers, Lawrence M. Principe, Jon H. Roberts, Christopher P. Scheitle, M. Alper Yalçinkaya

Author : Andrew Dickson White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Religion and science
ISBN : UOM:39015049248944

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A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White Pdf

Author : John Hedley Brooke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781107664463

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Science and Religion by John Hedley Brooke Pdf

Offers an introduction and critical guide to the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief.

Author : Joshua M. Moritz
Publisher : Anselm Academic Christian Brothers Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Religion and science
ISBN : 1599827158

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Science and Religion by Joshua M. Moritz Pdf

"One of the many virtues of Joshua Moritz's well-structured and wide-ranging introduction to the relation between science and religion is its resourceful use of historical scholarship to illuminate the origins and demonstrate the limitations of an all-pervasive conflict model. Ambitious and controversial in its bid to replace conflict with peace at every opportunity, Science and Religion will be accessible and stimulating for a general audience, as well as constituting what will prove to be a successful student text." --John Hedley Brooke University of Oxford What happens when religious faith meets scientific facts? Many believe that conflict defines the relationship between science and religion, especially the Christian religion. But the war between faith and science is a myth--a very popular myth--that has endured for too long. By investigating the root of this myth and reexamining its classic stories, Science and Religion: Beyond Warfare and Toward Understanding offers a more accurate relationship between science and religion. With a focus on Christianity, the text explores causes of contemporary conflicts and cases in which science and religion have interacted in mutually beneficial ways to demonstrate that, in the relationship between science and religion, harmony is more common than discord. Joshua M. Moritz is a lecturer of philosophical theology and natural science at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and an adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of San Francisco.

Author : Derrick Peterson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781532653339

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Flat Earths and Fake Footnotes by Derrick Peterson Pdf

We are all haunted by histories. They shape our presuppositions and ballast our judgments. In terms of science and religion this means most of us walk about haunted by rumors of a long war. However, there is no such thing as the “history of the conflict of science and Christianity,” and this is a book about it. In the last half of the twentieth century a sea change in the history of science and religion occurred, revealing not only that the perception of protracted warfare between religion and science was a curious set of mythologies that had been combined together into a sort of supermyth in need of debunking. It was also seen that this collective mythology arose in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by historians involved in many sides of the debates over Darwin’s discoveries, and from there latched onto the public imagination at large. Flat Earths and Fake Footnotes takes the reader on a journey showing how these myths were constructed, collected together, and eventually debunked. Join us for a story of flat earths and fake footnotes, to uncover the strange tale of how the conflict of science and Christianity was written into history.

Author : James C. Ungureanu
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0822945819

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Science, Religion, and the Protestant Tradition by James C. Ungureanu Pdf

The story of the “conflict thesis” between science and religion—the notion of perennial conflict or warfare between the two—is part of our modern self-understanding. As the story goes, John William Draper (1811–1882) and Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918) constructed dramatic narratives in the nineteenth century that cast religion as the relentless enemy of scientific progress. And yet, despite its resilience in popular culture, historians today have largely debunked the conflict thesis. Unravelling its origins, James Ungureanu argues that Draper and White actually hoped their narratives would preserve religious belief. For them, science was ultimately a scapegoat for a much larger and more important argument dating back to the Protestant Reformation, where one theological tradition was pitted against another—a more progressive, liberal, and diffusive Christianity against a more traditional, conservative, and orthodox Christianity. By the mid-nineteenth century, narratives of conflict between “science and religion” were largely deployed between contending theological schools of thought. However, these narratives were later appropriated by secularists, freethinkers, and atheists as weapons against all religion. By revisiting its origins, development, and popularization, Ungureanu ultimately reveals that the “conflict thesis” was just one of the many unintended consequences of the Protestant Reformation.

Author : Andrew Dickson White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Religion and science
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU10521160

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A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White Pdf

Author : John P. Slattery
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780268106119

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Faith and Science at Notre Dame by John P. Slattery Pdf

The Reverend John Augustine Zahm, CSC, (1851--1921) was a Holy Cross priest, an author, a South American explorer, and a science professor and vice president at the University of Notre Dame, the latter at the age of twenty-five. Through his scientific writings, Zahm argued that Roman Catholicism was fully compatible with an evolutionary view of biological systems. Ultimately Zahm’s ideas were not accepted in his lifetime and he was prohibited from discussing evolution and Catholicism, although he remained an active priest for more than two decades after his censure. In Faith and Science at Notre Dame: John Zahm, Evolution, and the Catholic Church, John Slattery charts the rise and fall of Zahm, examining his ascension to international fame in bridging evolution and Catholicism and shedding new light on his ultimate downfall via censure by the Congregation of the Index of Prohibited Books. Slattery presents previously unknown archival letters and reports that allow Zahm’s censure to be fully understood in the light of broader scientific, theological, and philosophical movements within the Catholic Church and around the world. Faith and Science at Notre Dame weaves together a vast array of threads to tell a compelling new story of the late nineteenth century. The result is a complex and thrilling tale of Neo-Scholasticism, Notre Dame, empirical science, and the simple faith of an Indiana priest. The book, which includes a new translation of the 1864 Syllabus of Errors, will appeal to those interested in Notre Dame and Catholic history, scholars of science and religion, and general readers seeking to understand the relationship between faith and science.

Author : Bernard Lightman
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822987048

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Rethinking History, Science, and Religion by Bernard Lightman Pdf

The historical interface between science and religion was depicted as an unbridgeable conflict in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Starting in the 1970s, such a conception was too simplistic and not at all accurate when considering the totality of that relationship. This volume evaluates the utility of the “complexity principle” in past, present, and future scholarship. First put forward by historian John Brooke over twenty-five years ago, the complexity principle rejects the idea of a single thesis of conflict or harmony, or integration or separation, between science and religion. Rethinking History, Science, and Religion brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars at the forefront of their fields to consider whether new approaches to the study of science and culture—such as recent developments in research on science and the history of publishing, the global history of science, the geographical examination of space and place, and science and media—have cast doubt on the complexity thesis, or if it remains a serviceable historiographical model.

Author : Andrew Dickson White
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : EAN:4057664649270

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History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White Pdf

Delve into the longstanding conflict between science and religion with Andrew Dickson White's "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom." This seminal work explores the tumultuous relationship between religious beliefs and scientific discoveries, shedding light on the challenges and breakthroughs that have shaped the course of human knowledge. White's in-depth analysis offers a balanced perspective on the interplay between faith and reason, making it a valuable resource for scholars, theologians, and anyone interested in the evolution of thought.

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433501159

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Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig Pdf

This updated edition by one of the world's leading apologists presents a systematic, positive case for Christianity that reflects the latest work in the contemporary hard sciences and humanities. Brilliant and accessible.

Author : Philip Clayton,Zachary Simpson
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks Online
Page : 1041 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199279272

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The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science by Philip Clayton,Zachary Simpson Pdf

The field of `science and religion' is exploding in popularity among both academics and the reading public. This is a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the debate, written by the leading experts yet accessible to the general reader.

Author : Philip Clayton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351355919

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Religion and Science: The Basics by Philip Clayton Pdf

Religion and science are arguably the two most powerful social forces in the world today. But where religion and science were once held to be compatible, many people now perceive them to be in conflict. This unique book provides the best available introduction to the burning debates in this controversial field. Examining the defining questions and controversies, renowned expert Philip Clayton presents the arguments from both sides, asking readers to decide for themselves where they stand: • science or religion, or science and religion? • history and philosophy of science • the role of scientific and religious ethics – modifying genes, extending life, and experimenting with human subjects • religion and the environmental crisis • the future of science vs. the future of religion. Thoroughly updated throughout, this second edition explores religious traditions from around the world and provides insights from across the sciences, making this book essential reading for all those wishing to come to their own understanding of some of the most important debates of our day.

Author : Andrew Dickson White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Religion and science
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106201387

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The Warfare of Science by Andrew Dickson White Pdf

Author : Gregory W. Dawes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317268895

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Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science by Gregory W. Dawes Pdf

For more than 30 years, historians have rejected what they call the ‘warfare thesis’ – the idea that there is an inevitable conflict between religion and science – insisting that scientists and believers can live in harmony. This book disagrees. Taking as its starting point the most famous of all such conflicts, the Galileo affair, it argues that religious and scientific communities exhibit very different attitudes to knowledge. Scripturally based religions not only claim a source of knowledge distinct from human reason. They are also bound by tradition, insist upon the certainty of their beliefs, and are resistant to radical criticism in ways in which the sciences are not. If traditionally minded believers perceive a clash between what their faith tells them and the findings of modern science, they may well do what the Church authorities did in Galileo’s time. They may attempt to close down the science, insisting that the authority of God’s word trumps that of any ‘merely human’ knowledge. Those of us who value science must take care to ensure this does not happen.