Peter N. Jordan

Naturalism in the Christian Imagination (eBook, PDF)

Providence and Causality in Early Modern England

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Produktbeschreibung

A compelling contribution to ''science and religion'' debates, showing how early modern thinkers reconciled naturalism with a providential world view.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009211949
• Artikelnr.: 70909895

Autorenporträt

Peter N. Jordan earned a PhD in Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology from Cornell University and then a PhD in Studies in Religion from the University of Queensland. He is now a research fellow of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the Faculty of Theology and Religion in the University of Oxford, where he is the primary researcher on the 'Intellectual World of John Templeton' project, sponsored by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. He is also Director of Grants and Research at Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO). He is a Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. Explanation before science and religion
2. Providence in Early Modern England
Part II. Expanding the Explanatory Scope of Natural Causality: 3. Chance, lots, and games
4. Prodigies
Part III. Curtailing the Explanatory Ambitions of Naturalistic Philosophies: 5. Atomism
6. Theories of the Earth
Part IV. Conclusion: 7. Explanation after science and religion.