The Bible, Protestantism, and the rise of natural science
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 sci...
| Subtitles: | The Bible, Protestantism, & the Rise of Natural Science |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1998.
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| In: | Year: 1998 |
| Reviews: | The Bible, Protestantism and the rise of natural science. By Peter Harrison. Pp. viii+313. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. £40. 0 521 59196 1 (1999) (Young, B. W.)
REVIEWS (2001) (Mandelbrote, Scott) [Rezension von: Harrison, Peter, The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Natural Science] (1999) (Rabin, Sheila J.) The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Natural Science. Peter Harrison (2001) (Gerrish, B. A.) |
| Further subjects: | B
Science ; History
B Protestantism History B Science History B Protestantism ; History B Bible and science |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780521591966 |
| Summary: | 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 science is linked to the Protestant approach to texts, an approach which spelt an end to the symbolic world of the Middle Ages and established the conditions for the scientific investigation and technological exploitation of nature. Worlds visible and invisible -- Sensible signs and spoken words -- The two reformations -- Re-reading the two books -- The purpose of nature -- Eden restored |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511585527 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511585524 |