Book ID: CBB397192182

Physico-theology: Religion and Science in Europe, 1650–1750 (2020)

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Blair, Ann (Author)
Greyerz, Kaspar von (Author)


Johns Hopkins University Press


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 287
Language: English

Beginning around 1650, the emergence of a number of new scientific concepts, methods, and instruments challenged existing syntheses of science and religion. Physico-theology, which embraced the values of personal, empirical observation, was an international movement of the early Enlightenment that focused on the new science to make arguments about divine creation and providence. By reconciling the new science with Christianity across many denominations, physico-theology played a crucial role in diffusing new scientific ideas, assumptions, and interest in the study of nature to a broad public. In this book, sixteen leading scholars contribute a rich array of essays on the terms and scope of the movement, its scientific and religious arguments, and its aesthetic sensibilities.Contributors: Ann Blair, Simona Boscani Leoni, John Hedley Brooke, Nicolas Brucker, Katherine Calloway, Kathleen Crowther, Brendan Dooley, Peter Harrison, Barbara Hunfeld, Eric Jorink, Scott Mandelbrote, Brian W. Ogilvie, Martine Pécharman, Jonathan Sheehan, Anne-Charlott Trepp, Rienk Vermij, Kaspar von Greyerz

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Authors & Contributors
Kananoja, Kalle
Califano, Salvatore
Buisman, J. W.
O'Brien, Patrick
Vlahakis, George N.
O'Malley, John W.
Concepts
Science and religion
Christianity
Natural philosophy
Diffusion of innovation; diffusion of knowledge; diffusion of technology
Science and society
Astronomy
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
19th century
16th century
Early modern
Medieval
Places
Europe
Italy
China
Atlantic world
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
South America
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
School of Milan
University of Padua
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