Katherine Calloway

Natural Theology in the Scientific Revolution (eBook, PDF)

God's Scientists

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317318255
• Artikelnr.: 43589746

Autorenporträt

Katherine Calloway

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Rational Theology: Henry More's an Antidote Against Atheism (1653)
Chapter 2 'Prudent Charity': Richard Baxter's the Reasons of the Christian Religion (1667)
Chapter 3 A Settled Mind? John Wilkins's of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion (1675)
Chapter 4 God's Naturalist: John Ray's The Wisdom of God (1691)
Chapter 5 God's Philologist: Richard Bentley's the Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism (1692)
conclusion Conclusion