IntroductionPart I: Science and Religion: Conflict or Complexity?1. Science and Religion Stephen P. WeldonPart II: The Premodern Period2. Aristotle and AristotelianismEdward Grant and Craig Martin3. Early Christian Attitudes toward NatureDavid C. Lindberg and Gary B. Ferngren4. Science and Religion in Medieval Latin ChristendomMichael H. Shank and David C. Lindberg5. IslamAlnoor Dhanani and Glen M. CooperPart III: The Scientific Revolution6. The Copernican RevolutionOwen Gingerich7. Galileo GalileiRichard J. Blackwell and Michael H. Shank8. Early Modern ProtestantismEdward B. Davis9. Isaac NewtonStephen Snobelen10. Natural TheologyJohn Hedley BrookePart IV: Transformations in Geology, Biology, and Cosmology, 1650-190011. Geology and Paleontology from 1700 to 1900Nicolaas A. Rupke12. Natural History Peter M. Hess and John Henry13. Charles DarwinJames Moore14. EvolutionPeter J. Bowler and John Henry15. CosmogoniesRonald L. Numbers and Peter J. SusallaPart V: The Response of Religious Traditions16. The Bible and ScienceJohn Stenhouse17. Roman Catholicism since TrentSteven J. Harris and Mariusz Tabaczek18. Evangelicalism and FundamentalismMark A. Noll and Christopher M. Rios19. The Scopes TrialEdward J. Larson20. Judaism and SciencesNoah Efron21. Modern Western Science and Asian TraditionsTomoko Yoshida and Stephen P. Weldon22. AtheismJohn HenryPart VI: The Theological Implications of Modern Science23. PhysicsRichard Olson24. Modern CosmologiesCraig McConnell25. CausationJohn Henry and Mariusz Tabaczek26. The Modern Synthesis in EvolutionJoshua M. Moritz27. AnthropologyTimothy Larson28. American PsychologyMatthew S. Hedstrom29. Neuroscience and the Human PersonAlan C. Weissenbacher30. Ecology and the EnvironmentDavid N. Livingstone and Diarmid A. FinneganAcknowledgments Index
An essential examination of the historical relationship between science and religion.
Gary B. Ferngren is a professor of history at Oregon State University and a professor of the history of medicine at First Moscow State Medical University. He is the author of Medicine and Religion: A Historical Introduction and Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity.
The second edition of Gary Ferngren’s edited volume, Science and
religion: a historical introduction, addresses a real need in the
historiography and pedagogy of science and religion . . . the
additions to the second edition of Ferngren’s Science and religion
constitute a significant improvement.
—Metascience
. . . there are plenty of quality contributions here to justify
purchase by those looking for an overview of the field or as use
within an undergraduate classroom . . .
—Reading Religion
This second edition is more expansive and more in tune with
contemporary discussions . . . For those who wish to get a good
overview of the present status of science and religion as viewed by
contemporary historians of science, this is a good book. It could
also serve as an intellectually challenging introduction for
undergraduates in a science/religion course.
—Arie Leegwater, Calvin College, Perspectives on Science and
Christian Faith
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