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Kenneth J. Howell - God's Two Books: Copernical Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science - 9780268010454 - V9780268010454
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God's Two Books: Copernical Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science

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Description for God's Two Books: Copernical Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science Hardcover. This is an analysis of how 16th- and 17th-century astronomers and theologians in Northern Protestant Europe used science and religion to challenge and support one another. It argues that these schemes can solve the enduring problem of how theological interpretation and investigation interact. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JD; 3JF; HRCM; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.

How do we resolve conflicts when fundamental sources of knowledge and belief—such as science and theology—are involved? In God’s Two Books, Kenneth Howell offers a historical analysis of how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century astronomers and theologians in Northern Protestant Europe used science and religion to challenge and support one another. Howell reveals that the cosmological schemes developed during this era remain monumental solutions to the enduring problem of how theological interpretation and empirical investigation interact with one another. “Writing history requires a constant shedding of our misconceptions about the past,” says Howell. God’s Two Books reshapes our understanding of the interaction ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
663g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268010454
SKU
V9780268010454
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Ref
99-1

About Kenneth J. Howell
Kenneth J. Howell is the Director of the John Henry Newman Institute of Catholic Thought and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.

Reviews for God's Two Books: Copernical Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science
“This carefully and broadly researched study is a significant contribution, helpful in clearly away false myths concerning the relationship of Christian churches and early modern natural scientific investigations by sensitively assessing how both theologians and scientific writers operated on the terrain of biblical interpretation.” —Wissenchaft “. . . wonderfully nuanced. . . . Howell is adept at describing the rich ... Read more

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