Natural Religion and Christian Theology - The Gifford Lectures 1951

Klappentext Canon Raven presents a rewriting of the history of science in organic and holistic categories. Zusammenfassung This first volume of the 1951–2 Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion and Christian Theology was published in 1953. In this volume, Canon Raven presents a rewriting of the history of science in organic and holistic categories, as opposed to the conventional mechanism and determinism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introductory: religion and nature; 2. The Biblical attitude towards Nature; 3. Nature in the early Church; 4. St Albert and the Middle Ages; 5. Gesner and the Age of Transition; 6. Cudworth and the Age of Genius; 7. Newton and the Age of the Machine; 8. Linnaeus and the coming of system; 9. Darwin and the century of conflict; 10. The new situation; Notes; Index.

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• Authors: C. E. Raven, Charles E. Raven, Raven Charles E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2012
• EAN: 9780521166393
• ISBN: 978-0-521-16639-3
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Religion and science, Religion & science