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72 produkter
Territories of Science and Religion
Häftad, 2017
279 kr
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The conflict between science and religion seems indelible, even eternal. Surely two such divergent views of the universe have always been in fierce opposition? Actually, that's not the case, says Peter Harrison: our very concepts of science and religion are relatively recent, emerging only in the …
Science Without God?
Rethinking the History of Scientific Naturalism
Av Jon H. Roberts, Peter Harrison
E-bok, 2019
1357 kr
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Can scientific explanation ever make reference to God or the supernatural? The present consensus is no; indeed, a naturalistic stance is usually taken to be a distinguishing feature of modern science. Some would go further still, maintaining that the success of scientific explanation actually …
Science Without God?
Rethinking the History of Scientific Naturalism
Av Jon H. Roberts, Peter Harrison
E-bok, 2018
1357 kr
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Can scientific explanation ever make reference to God or the supernatural? The present consensus is no; indeed, a naturalistic stance is usually taken to be a distinguishing feature of modern science. Some would go further still, maintaining that the success of scientific explanation actually …
Science Without God?
Rethinking the History of Scientific Naturalism
Av Peter Harrison, Peter Harrison m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1974 kr
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Can scientific explanation ever make reference to God or the supernatural? The present consensus is no; indeed, a naturalistic stance is usually taken to be a distinguishing feature of modern science. Some would go further still, maintaining that the success of scientific explanation actually …
Wrestling with Nature
From Omens to Science
Av Peter Harrison, Ronald Numbers m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1088 kr
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When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy, some to the speculations of natural philosophers of ancient Greece. Others have opted for early modern Europe, which saw the triumph of Copernicanism …
Wrestling with Nature – From Omens to Science
Av Peter Harrison, Ronald Numbers m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
424 kr
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When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy, some to the speculations of natural philosophers of ancient Greece. Others have opted for early modern Europe, which saw the triumph of Copernicanism …
Wrestling with Nature
From Omens to Science
Av Michael H. Shank, Ronald L. Numbers m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
956 kr
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When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy, some to the speculations of natural philosophers of ancient Greece. Others have opted for early modern Europe, which saw the triumph of Copernicanism …
Narratives of Secularization
Häftad, 2019
722 kr
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It is increasingly clear that histories of secularization are not simply dispassionate descriptions of the decline of religious belief and practice in the West. Rather, such narratives often seek to celebrate secularization, promote some version of it, lament it, or otherwise oppose it in favour of …
The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Natural Science
Häftad, 2001
797 kr
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Peter Harrison examines the role played by the Bible in the emergence of natural science. He shows how both the contents of the Bible, and more particularly the way it was interpreted, had a profound influence on conceptions of nature from the third century to the seventeenth. The rise of modern …
The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science
Häftad, 2009
455 kr
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Peter Harrison provides an account of the religious foundations of scientific knowledge. He shows how the approaches to the study of nature that emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were directly informed by theological discussions about the Fall of Man and the extent to which the …
'Religion' and the Religions in the English Enlightenment
Inbunden, 1990
1025 kr
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This study examines the changes which took place in the understanding of 'religion' and 'the religions' during the Enlightenment in England, the period when the decisive break with Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance notions of religion occurred. Dr Harrison's view is that the principles of the …
The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Natural Science
Inbunden, 1998
1628 kr
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Peter Harrison examines the role played by the Bible in the emergence of natural science. He shows how both the contents of the Bible, and more particularly the way it was interpreted, had a profound influence on conceptions of nature from the third century to the seventeenth. The rise of modern …
The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion
Häftad, 2010
477 kr
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In recent years, the relations between science and religion have been the object of renewed attention. Developments in physics, biology and the neurosciences have reinvigorated discussions about the nature of life and ultimate reality. At the same time, the growth of anti-evolutionary and …
The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science
Inbunden, 2007
1628 kr
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Peter Harrison provides an account of the religious foundations of scientific knowledge. He shows how the approaches to the study of nature that emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were directly informed by theological discussions about the Fall of Man and the extent to which the …
The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion
Inbunden, 2010
1351 kr
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In recent years, the relations between science and religion have been the object of renewed attention. Developments in physics, biology and the neurosciences have reinvigorated discussions about the nature of life and ultimate reality. At the same time, the growth of anti-evolutionary and …
'Religion' and the Religions in the English Enlightenment
Häftad, 2002
732 kr
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This study examines the changes which took place in the understanding of 'religion' and 'the religions' during the Enlightenment in England, the period when the decisive break with Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance notions of religion occurred. Dr Harrison's view is that the principles of the …
New Directions in Theology and Science
Beyond Dialogue
E-bok, 2022
762 kr
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This book sets out a new agenda for science-theology interactions and offers examples of what that agenda might look like when implemented. It explores, in innovative ways, what follows for science-theology discussions from recent developments in the history of science. The contributions take …
New Directions in Theology and Science
Beyond Dialogue
E-bok, 2022
762 kr
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This book sets out a new agenda for science-theology interactions and offers examples of what that agenda might look like when implemented. It explores, in innovative ways, what follows for science-theology discussions from recent developments in the history of science. The contributions take …
After Science and Religion
Fresh Perspectives from Philosophy and Theology
Av John Milbank, Peter Harrison
E-bok, 2022
1614 kr
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The popular field of ''science and religion'' is a lively and well-established area. It is however a domain which has long been characterised by certain traits. In the first place, it tends towards an adversarial dialectic in which the separate disciplines, now conjoined, are forever locked in a …
After Science and Religion
Fresh Perspectives from Philosophy and Theology
Av John Milbank, Peter Harrison
E-bok, 2022
1579 kr
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The popular field of ''science and religion'' is a lively and well-established area. It is however a domain which has long been characterised by certain traits. In the first place, it tends towards an adversarial dialectic in which the separate disciplines, now conjoined, are forever locked in a …
Some New World
Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age
Inbunden, 2024
572 kr
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In his famous argument against miracles, David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of supernatural belief. 'We are apt', says Hume, 'to imagine ourselves transported into some new world; where the whole form of nature is disjointed, and every element performs its operation in a different …
Some New World
Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age
Häftad, 2025
465 kr
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In his famous argument against miracles, David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of supernatural belief. 'We are apt', says Hume, 'to imagine ourselves transported into some new world; where the whole form of nature is disjointed, and every element performs its operation in a different …
New Directions in Theology and Science
Beyond Dialogue
Inbunden, 2022
2516 kr
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This book sets out a new agenda for science-theology interactions and offers examples of what that agenda might look like when implemented. It explores, in innovative ways, what follows for science-theology discussions from recent developments in the history of science. The contributions take …
