Book Statistics
Science and Religion: New Historical Perspectives
Description
Theidea of an inevitable conflict between science and religion wasdecisively challenged by John Hedley Brooke in his classic Scienceand Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge, 1991). Almosttwo decades on, Science and Religion: New Historical Perspectivesrevisits this argument and asks how historians can now impose orderon the complex and contingent histories of religious engagements withscience. Bringing together leading scholars, this new volume exploresthe history and changing meanings of the categories 'science' and'religion'; the role of publishing and education in forging andspreading ideas; the connection between knowledge, power andintellectual imperialism; and the reasons for the confrontationbetween evolution and creationism among American Christians and inthe Islamic world. A major contribution to the historiography ofscience and religion, this book makes the most recent scholarship onthis much misunderstood debate widely accessible.
Reader's Comments (0)
Login to CommentNo Comments Yet
Be the first to share your thoughts about this book!