Culture and History: Essential Partners in the Conversation Between Religion and Science
Abstract. In this essay I respond to John Caiazza's claim for the primacy of what he calls techno-secularism for understanding twentieth-century history. Using the examples of the Taiping Rebellion in nineteenth-century China and Zionism in twentieth-century Europe, I argue that the range of Ca...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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Zygon
Year: 2005, Volume: 40, Issue: 2, Pages: 335-350 |
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techno-secularism
B Taiping B Liberal B Values B Christianity B Elite B Secular B Technology B John Caiazza B China B Religious B Conservative B Zionism B Neo-confucianism B Israel B Hong Xiu B Culture B Reform Judaism |
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| Summary: | Abstract. In this essay I respond to John Caiazza's claim for the primacy of what he calls techno-secularism for understanding twentieth-century history. Using the examples of the Taiping Rebellion in nineteenth-century China and Zionism in twentieth-century Europe, I argue that the range of Caiazza's schema is confined solely to the Protestant West with little applicability to other national histories. I argue further for the lack of clarity and therefore the uselessness of the dichotomy of the secular and the religious for understanding human history. I claim instead that, while the category of technology and the institutions of religion are important determiners in human history, they need to be subsumed, without special status, within a broader set of interrelated factors called “culture.” I appeal for the academic study of science and religion to give primacy for the near future to the history of science and religion over both theology and science. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00666.x |