Protestant Thought and Natural Science

A Historical Interpretation

Ebook
On sale Jan 16, 2013 | 320 Pages | 9780307819147

Protestant Thought and Natural Science presents a concise interpretation of the relations between natural scientists and Protestant theologians from the Reformation to the present day. The book penetrates behind the skirmishes to the underlying issues in a manner not achieved before.

John Dillenberger’s firsthand knowledge of the source material has enabled him to break through the “science-and-religion” stereotype in an account at once complex and interesting.
John Dillenberger was a professor at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, where he taught historical theology. In addition to acting as head and president of the Graduate Theological Union, he was dean of the faculty at San Francisco Theological Seminary, president of Hartford Seminary, chair of the program in history and philosophy at Harvard University, and president of the American Academy of Religion. His book, Protestant Thought and Natural Science, was a leading introductory survey in the relations of religion and science. He died in 2008. View titles by John Dillenberger

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Protestant Thought and Natural Science presents a concise interpretation of the relations between natural scientists and Protestant theologians from the Reformation to the present day. The book penetrates behind the skirmishes to the underlying issues in a manner not achieved before.

John Dillenberger’s firsthand knowledge of the source material has enabled him to break through the “science-and-religion” stereotype in an account at once complex and interesting.

Author

John Dillenberger was a professor at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, where he taught historical theology. In addition to acting as head and president of the Graduate Theological Union, he was dean of the faculty at San Francisco Theological Seminary, president of Hartford Seminary, chair of the program in history and philosophy at Harvard University, and president of the American Academy of Religion. His book, Protestant Thought and Natural Science, was a leading introductory survey in the relations of religion and science. He died in 2008. View titles by John Dillenberger

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