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"Jesuits and the Book of Nature: Science and Education in Modern Portugal offers an account of the Jesuits' contributions to science and education after the restoration of the Society of Jesus in Portugal in 1858. As well as promoting an education grounded on an "alliance between reli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Romeiras, Francisco Malta (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Colección:Jesuit Studies - Modernity through the prism of Jesuit history, volume 25
Temas:
Jesuits.
Jesuits
1800-1899
Life science > Study and teaching > Portugal > History > 19th century.
Nature > Religious aspects > History > 19th century.
Nature > Aspect religieux > Histoire > 19e siècle.
1800-1899.
Nature > Religious aspects
Portugal
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Jesuits and the Book of Nature: Science and Education in Modern Portugal offers an account of the Jesuits' contributions to science and education after the restoration of the Society of Jesus in Portugal in 1858. As well as promoting an education grounded on an "alliance between religion and science," the Portuguese Jesuits founded a scientific journal that played a significant role in the consolidation of taxonomy, plant breeding, biochemistry, and molecular genetics. In this book, Francisco Malta Romeiras argues that the priority the Jesuits placed on the teaching and practice of science was not only a way of continuing a centennial tradition but should also be seen as response to the adverse anticlerical milieu in which the restoration of the Society of Jesus took place"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004382364
9789004382367
ISSN:2214-3289 ;

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