Brooke, John Hedley.

Reconstructing nature : the engagement of science and religion / John Brooke and Geoffrey Cantor. - xii, 367 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm - Glasgow Gifford lectures . - Glasgow Gifford lectures. .

Originally published: Edinburgh : T&T Clark Ltd., 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Is there value in the historical approach? -- Whose science? Whose religion? -- Against the self-images of the New Age -- The contemporary relevance of the Galileo affair -- Natural theology and the history of science -- The language of natural theology -- From aesthetics to theology -- Biographical narratives -- 'A taste for philosophical pursuits'--Quakers in the Royal Society of London -- Improving on nature?

019513706X 9780195137064

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Religion and science--History.
Religion and science.


History.

BL245 / .B765 2000

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