Fundamentalism and Folk Science between the Wars

Reports of the demise of the “warfare” school of writing the history of religion and science may yet be premature, but it seems safe to say that it has had a near-death experience. Much recent historiography has underscored the shallowness, futility, and wrongheadedness of treating controversies involving religion and science simply as skirmishes in an ongoing, inevitable conflict between contradictory ways of viewing the world. We have been urged, as historians, to probe beneath the surface of apparent conflicts in search of the underlying reasons why people with different beliefs have come to disagree so deeply about matters involving science and to accept the realities of an historically complex situation. After showing the inadequacy of the warfare thesis, David C. Lindberg and Ronald L. Numbers note sadly that “we will never find a satisfactory alternative of equal simplicity.” John Hedley Brooke, the author of a recent comprehensive study, concludes that “Serious scholarship in the history of science has revealed so extraordinarily rich and complex a relationship between science and religion in the past that general theses are difficult to sustain. The real lesson turns out to be the complexity.”

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Who Wrote What When: The Bible, Science and Criticism

European Review ◽

10.1017/s1062798711000561 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 301-315

Author(s):

Geert Lernout

Keyword(s):

Seventeenth Century ◽

Royal Society ◽

Science And Religion ◽

Religion And Science ◽

Theory Of Evolution ◽

The Bible ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

John William Draper ◽

Century Science

According to the traditional (or ‘whig’) interpretation of history, sometime in the seventeenth century science was born in the form that we know today, in a new spirit that can best be summed up by the motto of the Royal Society: nullius in verba, take nobody's word for it. In the next few centuries this new critical way of looking at reality was instrumental in the creation of a coherent view of the world, and of that world's history, which was found to be increasingly at odds with traditional claims, most famously in the case of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. By the end of the nineteenth century, the divide between science and religion was described by means of words such as ‘conflict’ and ‘warfare,’ the terms used by John William Draper and Andrew Dickson White in the titles of their respective books: History of the Conflict between Religion and Science (1874) and History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896).

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Fooling the World

10.1093/oso/9780190053093.003.0001 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

David Hutchings

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Science And Religion ◽

Christian Faith ◽

Religion And Science ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Science And Theology ◽

John William Draper

This chapter recounts how two nineteenth-century gentlemen, John William Draper and Andrew Dickson White, managed to fool much of the world by insisting in two landmark books that science and religion have always been opposed to one another, and that humanity must therefore make its choice between the two. Their books are History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science (1876) and A History of the Warfare Between Science and Theology in Christendom (1896), respectively. These texts are largely responsible for launching the conflict thesis: the now commonplace idea usually characterized as “God versus science.” And yet bizarrely, both men had intended to do precisely the opposite: they sought to reconcile their own Christian faith with science. This chapter tells the men’s stories, and asks how on earth they ended up getting things so wrong.

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The problem of periodization of the history of religion

Ukrainian Religious Studies ◽

10.32420/1997.5.91 ◽

1997 ◽

pp. 3-8

Author(s):

Borys Lobovyk

Keyword(s):

Religious Studies ◽

Human Being ◽

Religious Development ◽

History Of Religion ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Role Of Religion

An important problem of religious studies, the history of religion as a branch of knowledge is the periodization process of the development of religious phenomenon. It is precisely here, as in focus, that the question of the essence and meaning of the religious development of the human being of the world, the origin of beliefs and cult, the reasons for the changes in them, the place and role of religion in the social and spiritual process, etc., are converging.

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History of Tour de France from the Geographical Point of View

Sport Science Review ◽

10.2478/ssr-2013-0013 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 22 (3-4) ◽

pp. 255-277 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vladimír Bačík ◽

Michal Klobučník

Keyword(s):

Point Of View ◽

The Past ◽

Advanced Technologies ◽

The World ◽

Spatial Dimensions ◽

Tour De France ◽

Wide Circle ◽

History Of ◽

Expert Community ◽

Geographical Point

Abstract The Tour de France, a three week bicycle race has a unique place in the world of sports. The 100th edition of the event took place in 2013. In the past of 110 years of its history, people noticed unique stories and duels in particular periods, celebrities that became legends that the world of sports will never forget. Also many places where the races unfolded made history in the Tour de France. In this article we tried to point out the spatial context of this event using advanced technologies for distribution of historical facts over the Internet. The Introduction briefly displays the attendance of a particular stage based on a regional point of view. The main topic deals with selected historical aspects of difficult ascents which every year decide the winner of Tour de France, and also attract fans from all over the world. In the final stage of the research, the distribution of results on the website available to a wide circle of fans of this sports event played a very significant part (www.tdfrance.eu). Using advanced methods and procedures we have tried to capture the historical and spatial dimensions of Tour de France in its general form and thus offering a new view of this unique sports event not only to the expert community, but for the general public as well.

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A Long, Long Way

10.1093/oso/9780190906252.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Greg Garrett

Keyword(s):

People Of Color ◽

Racial Reconciliation ◽

Cultural Narratives ◽

Truth Telling ◽

Religious Traditions ◽

The Past ◽

Hollywood Films ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Race And Culture

Hollywood films are perhaps the most powerful storytellers in American history, and their depiction of race and culture has helped to shape the way people around the world respond to race and prejudice. Over the past one hundred years, films have moved from the radically prejudiced views of people of color to the depiction of people of color by writers and filmmakers from within those cultures. In the process, we begin to see how films have depicted negative versions of people outside the white mainstream, and how film might become a vehicle for racial reconciliation. Religious traditions offer powerful correctives to our cultural narratives, and this work incorporates both narrative truth-telling and religious truth-telling as we consider race and film and work toward reconciliation. By exploring the hundred-year period from The Birth of a Nation to Get Out, this work acknowledges the racist history of America and offers the possibility of hope for the future.

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A Long Stagnation, or Capitalism without Growth

10.1093/oso/9780198828211.003.0012 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Louçã Francisco ◽

Ash Michael

Keyword(s):

Great Recession ◽

World Economy ◽

Economic Stability ◽

Secular Stagnation ◽

The Great Recession ◽

The Past ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Growth Prospects

Chapter 11 assesses the growth prospects of the world economy. The history of global economic doomsaying is traced briefly, a frequently reasonable position that has not done well with the facts for the past hundred years. Capitalism has been adept at escaping from the pit and pendulum. A set of global imbalances is then reviewed that are seen as posing a severe threat to global economic stability and certainly to the prospects for sustainable and equitable growth. The Great Recession following the Crash of 2007–8 might be “different this time.” Historical and contemporary fears of “secular stagnation” are discussed but the speculative nature of stagnationist assessments is acknowledged.

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Camus's Absurd and the World of Melville's Confidence-Man

PMLA ◽

10.2307/461042 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 82 (1) ◽

pp. 14-27

Author(s):

Leon F. Seltzer

Keyword(s):

Careful Analysis ◽

The Other ◽

The Novel ◽

The Past ◽

The World ◽

Critical Attention ◽

Confidence Man ◽

Ugly Duckling ◽

History Of ◽

The One

In recent years, The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, a difficult work and for long an unjustly neglected one, has begun to command increasingly greater critical attention and esteem. As more than one contemporary writer has noted, the verdict of the late Richard Chase in 1949, that the novel represents Melville's “second best achievement,” has served to prompt many to undertake a second reading (or at least a first) of the book. Before this time, the novel had traditionally been the one Melville readers have shied away from—as overly discursive, too rambling altogether, on the one hand, or as an unfortunate outgrowth of the author's morbidity on the other. Elizabeth Foster, in the admirably comprehensive introduction to her valuable edition of The Confidence-Man (1954), systematically traces the history of the book's reputation and observes that even with the Melville renaissance of the twenties, the work stands as the last piece of the author's fiction to be redeemed. Only lately, she comments, has it ceased to be regarded as “the ugly duckling” of Melville's creations. But recognition does not imply agreement, and it should not be thought that in the past fifteen years critics have reached any sort of unanimity on the novel's content. Since Mr. Chase's study, which approached the puzzling work as a satire on the American spirit—or, more specifically, as an attack on the liberalism of the day—and which speculated upon the novel's controlling folk and mythic figures, other critics, by now ready to assume that the book repaid careful analysis, have read the work in a variety of ways. It has been treated, among other things, as a religious allegory, as a philosophic satire on optimism, and as a Shandian comedy. One critic has conveniently summarized the prevailing situation by remarking that “the literary, philosophical, and cultural materials in this book are fused in so enigmatic a fashion that its interpreters have differed as to what the book is really about.”

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War and Religion: A Very Short Introduction

10.1093/actrade/9780198803218.001.0001 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jolyon Mitchell ◽

Joshua Rey

Keyword(s):

Civil War ◽

Just War ◽

Just War Theory ◽

Ancient History ◽

Short Introduction ◽

History Of Religion ◽

Religious People ◽

Ethical Frameworks ◽

The Past ◽

History Of

War and Religion: A Very Short Introduction traces the history of religion and war. Is religion a force for war or a force for peace? From the crusades to Sri Lanka's civil war, religion has been involved in some of the most terrible wars in history. Yet from the Mahabharata to just war theory, religion has also provided ethical frameworks to moderate war, while some of the bravest pacifists have been deeply religious people. Ranging from ancient history to modern day conflicts, this VSI offers a nuanced view on these issues that have had such weight in the past, and which continue to shape the present and future.

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CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD – A GOOD WORD FOR MILK1

Journal of Milk and Food Technology ◽

10.4315/0022-2747-25.7.216 ◽

1962 ◽

Vol 25 (7) ◽

pp. 216-218

Author(s):

Frank V. Kosikowski

Keyword(s):

Monitoring System ◽

Good Control ◽

Antibiotic Residues ◽

Milk Supply ◽

The Past ◽

Chemical Residues ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Good Word

The situation regarding chemical residues in our country's milk supply is perhaps the most favorable for a number of years. Good control has been achieved over the incidence and concentration of antibiotic residues, levels of pesticides in milk have been reduced, and although radionuclides in food are related partly to bomb testing, nevertheless, our expanding monitoring system, which is keeping us well informed, indicates no cause for alarm. Despite all the past clamor, the milk supplies of the U. S. A. are among the purest and safest in the world now or at any period of time in the history of mankind.

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RECONCILE THE RELIGION AND SCIENCE EDUCATION MANAGEMENT IN ISLAM

Ta dib ◽

10.19109/td.v20i1.221 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 103

Author(s):

Syamsul Kurniawan

Keyword(s):

Science Education ◽

Science And Religion ◽

Islamic Education ◽

Religion And Science ◽

Education Management ◽

History Of

This research is aimed to reconcile science and religion, and to seek its relevance in the management of non-dichotomous Islamic education.In addition, this research departs from the researcher’s anxiety in response to the dichotomous thought between religion and science which in turn manifests in the separation of science and religion in the history of Islamic education management. This results in the current Islamic education that suffers a setback in the development of science. Therefore, in the management of Islamic education, reintegration needs to be done without any dichotomy between religion and science.

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