Spiritual Crisis of the Scientific Age

First published in 1959, the crisis, essentially spiritual in character, is examined in its three principal aspects. First the book deals with our understanding of the order of nature; second with some of the central doctrines of the Christian faith; and finally with the pressing ethical and moral problems of the industrial and nuclear age.

List of contents

Foreword. 1. The Order of Nature – A Crisis of Understanding 2. Natural Science and the Kerygma – A Crisis of Belief 3. Christian Ethics and the Scientific Age – A Crisis of Living. References. Index.

About the author

The Reverand, Dr G. D. Yarnold was a distinguished scientist-theologian of the Church of England and, at the time of publication, Warden of St Deiniol’s Library (now Gladstone’s Library), Hawarden and sometime Lecturer in Physics in the University of Nottingham. He went on to become Vicar of Llanwddyn, Oswestry, Wales in 1962.

Summary

First published in 1959, the crisis, essentially spiritual in character, is examined in its three principal aspects. First the book deals with our understanding of the order of nature; second with some of the central doctrines of the Christian faith; and finally with the pressing ethical and moral problems of the industrial and nuclear age.

Product details

• Authors: G. D. Yarnold
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032885353
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3288535-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Sir Halley Stewart Trust: Publications
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Christianity, Religion and science, Religion & science