{"product_id":"science-without-god-rethinking-the-history-of-scientific-naturalism-9780198834588","title":"Science Without God?: Rethinking the History of Scientific Naturalism","description":"Can scientific explanation ever make reference to God or the supernatural? The present consensus is no; indeed, a naturalistic stance is usually taken to be a distinguishing feature of modern science. Some would go further still, maintaining that the success of scientific explanation actually provides compelling evidence that there are no supernatural entities, and that true science, from the very beginning, was opposed to religious thinking. \u003cem\u003eScience without God? Rethinking the History of Scientific Naturalism\u003c\/em\u003e shows that the history of Western science presents us with a more nuanced picture. Beginning with the naturalists of ancient Greece, and proceeding through the middle ages, the scientific revolution, and into the nineteenth century, the contributors examine past ideas about 'nature' and 'the supernatural'. Ranging over different scientific disciplines and historical periods, they show how past thinkers often relied upon theological ideas and presuppositions in their systematic investigations of the world. In addition to providing material that contributes to a history of 'nature' and naturalism, this collection challenges a number of widely held misconceptions about the history of scientific naturalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198834588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Harrison, \u003cem\u003eAustralian Laureate Fellow; Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland\u003c\/em\u003e, Jon H. Roberts, \u003cem\u003eTomorrow Professor of History, Boston University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Harrison is an Australian Laureate Fellow and Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland. He is the former Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford. He has published extensively in the field of intellectual history with a focus on the relations between science and religion. His publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Bible, Protestantism and the Rise of Natural Science\u003c\/em\u003e (1998) and \u003cem\u003eThe Territories of Science and Religion\u003c\/em\u003e (2015). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJon H. Roberts is the Tomorrow Foundation Professor of History at Boston University. He has written a number of articles dealing primarily with the history of the relationship between science and religion, as well as the book \u003cem\u003eDarwinism and the Divine in America: Protestant Intellectuals and Organic Evolution, 1859-1900\u003c\/em\u003e, which received the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize from the American Society of Church History. He has also co-authored with James Turner \u003cem\u003eThe Sacred and the Secular University\u003c\/em\u003e (2001).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41142585327731,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":206.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d1271f46-0314-45c0-8316-83abd17acbd3.jpg?v=1701875380","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/science-without-god-rethinking-the-history-of-scientific-naturalism-9780198834588","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}