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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harrison, Peter, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Bible > Herméneutique > Histoire.
Bible and science.
Protestantism > History.
Science > History.
Bible et sciences.
Protestantisme > Histoire.
Sciences > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
Bible and science
Protestantism
Science
Protestantisme.
Natuurwetenschappen.
Natuurfilosofie.
Schepping.
Sciences > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Sciences > Philosophie > Histoire.
Christianisme et sciences.
Herméneutique > Aspect religieux > Églises protestantes.
Protestantisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Worlds visible and invisible
  • Sensible signs and spoken words
  • The two reformations
  • Re-reading the two books
  • The purpose of nature
  • Eden restored.

Similar Items