Natural theology in the scientific revolution : God's scientists /
In the seventeenth century scientific discoveries called into question established Christian theology. It has been claimed that contemporary thinkers contributed to this conflict model by using the discoveries of the natural world to prove the existence of God. Calloway challenges this view by close...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Brookfield :
Pickering & Chatto Publishers,
[2014]
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| Series: | Pickering studies in philosophy of religion.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In the seventeenth century scientific discoveries called into question established Christian theology. It has been claimed that contemporary thinkers contributed to this conflict model by using the discoveries of the natural world to prove the existence of God. Calloway challenges this view by close examination of five key texts of the period, by Henry More, Richard Baxter, John Wilkins, John Ray and Richard Bentley. She shows that there was considerable difference among natural theologians, not just in their aims and arguments but also in their style of rhetoric. This has important lessons for contemporary scientific and theological debates and will be of interest to scholars of religious history, philosophy and literary studies. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 1306875323 (electronic bk.) 9781306875325 (electronic bk.) 9781781440865 (electronic bk.) 1781440867 (electronic bk.) |