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Science, religion, and the Protestant tradition : retracing the origins of conflict /

The story of the "conflict thesis" between science and religion--the notion of perennial conflict or warfare between the two--is part of our modern self-understanding. As the story goes, John William Draper (1811-1882) and Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918) constructed dramatic narratives in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ungureanu, James C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Series:Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Draper and the new Protestant historiography
  • White and the search for a "religion pure and undefiled"
  • English Protestantism and the history of conflict
  • American new theology and the evolution of religion
  • Youmans and the "peacemakers"
  • Reading Draper and White : a failed reconciliation.