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Science and religion around the world /

The past quarter-century has seen an explosion of interest in the history of science and religion. But all too often the scholars writing it have focused their attention almost exclusively on the Christian experience, with only passing reference to other traditions of both science and faith. At a ti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brooke, John Hedley, Numbers, Ronald L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The past quarter-century has seen an explosion of interest in the history of science and religion. But all too often the scholars writing it have focused their attention almost exclusively on the Christian experience, with only passing reference to other traditions of both science and faith. At a time when religious ignorance and misunderstanding have lethal consequences, such provincialism must be avoided and, in this pioneering effort to explore the historical relations of what we now call "science" and "religion," the authors go beyond the Abrahamic traditions to examine
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 316 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199793181
0199793182