Quakers, Jews, and Science - Religious Responses to Modernity Sciences in Britain, 1650 1900

Zusatztext Here is a book to make us think about the members of minority religious communities who took an interest in science during its formative decades...[an] important book Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey Cantor is Professor of the History of Science, University of Leeds. Klappentext How do science and religion interact? Geoffrey Cantor examines the ways in which the Quaker and Anglo-Jewish communities engaged with the sciences in early modern and 19th-century Britain. Of central interest are the responses of both communities to the challenge of modernity posed by Victorian science and especially by Darwin's controversial theory of evolution. Zusammenfassung How do science and religion interact? This study examines the ways in which two minorities in Britain - the Quaker and Anglo-Jewish communities - engaged with science. Drawing on a wealth of documentary material, much of which has not been analysed by previous historians, Geoffrey Cantor charts the participation of Quakers and Jews in many different aspects of science: scientific research, science education, science-related careers, and scientific institutions. The responses of both communities to the challenge of modernity posed by innovative scientific theories, such as the Newtonian worldview and Darwin's theory of evolution, are of central interest. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: Science in `Dissenting' Religious Communities 2: Two Communities 3: Education and Careers 4: Scientific Institutions 5: Trajectories in Science 6: Quaker Attitudes and Practices 7: Quaker Responses to Evolution 8: Jewish Attitudes and Practices 9: Jewish Responses to Evolution 10: Historical Comparisons and Historiographical Reflections

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• Authors: G N Cantor, G. N. Cantor, Geoffrey Cantor, Geoffrey (Professor of the History of Scie Cantor, Cantor Geoffrey
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2005
• EAN: 9780199276684
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927668-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Judaism / General, SCIENCE / History, RELIGION / Christianity / Anglican, RELIGION / Christianity / Episcopalian, RELIGION / Christianity / Quaker, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, Judaism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, C 1600 To C 1700, Anglican and Episcopalian Churches, C 1700 To C 1800, Anglican & Episcopalian Churches, Church of England, Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)