Science and religion: new historical perspectives

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List of contributors Preface 1. Introduction Thomas Dixon Part I. Categories: 2. 'Science' and 'religion': constructing the boundaries Peter Harrison 3. Science and religion in postmodern perspective: the case of Bruno Latour Jan Golinski Part II. Narratives: 4. Religion and the changing historiography of the Scientific Revolution Margaret J. Osler 5. The late-Victorian conflict of science and religion as an event in nineteenth-century intellectual and cultural history Frank M. Turner 6. Islam, Christianity and the conflict thesis B. Harun Kucuk Part III. Evolution and Creationism: 7. Evolution and creationism in the Islamic world Salman Hameed 8. Understanding creationism and evolution in America and Europe Bronislaw Szerszynski Part IV. The Politics of Publishing: 9. A global history of science and religion Sujit Sivasundaram 10. The Scopes trial beyond science and religion Adam R. Shapiro 11. Science, religion, and the history of the book Jonathan R. Topham Part V. Ways Forward: 12. Sciences and religions: what it means to take historical perspectives seriously Noah Efron 13. Simplifying complexity: patterns in the history of science and religion Ronald L. Numbers 14. What shall we do with the 'Conflict Thesis'? Geoffrey Cantor Select bibliography Index.

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