“Your God is Too Small”: Retracing the Origins of Conflict Between Science and Religion
In this paper I reexamine the origins of John William Draper’s “conflict thesis.” I propose an alternative conclusion than what most historians of science have offered, one based on a synthesis of recent work, and one which treats Draper’s “conflict thesis” not simply as anti-Catholic propaganda, no...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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Theology and science
Year: 2022, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-45 |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CF Christianity and Science KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
history of science and religion
B John William Draper B Conflict Thesis B Natural Theology |
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| Summary: | In this paper I reexamine the origins of John William Draper’s “conflict thesis.” I propose an alternative conclusion than what most historians of science have offered, one based on a synthesis of recent work, and one which treats Draper’s “conflict thesis” not simply as anti-Catholic propaganda, nor as a quest for cultural dominance, nor even as anti-religious in intent. Rather, the “conflict thesis” was—and may still be—a theological response. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2021.2012916 |
