Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion

By: Nicholas Spencer

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Synopsis: Most things you &‘know&’ about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today. The true history of science and religion is a human one. It&’s about the role of religion in inspiring, and strangling, science before the scientific revolution. It&’s about the sincere but eccentric faith and the quiet, creeping doubts of the most brilliant scientists in history – Galileo, Newton, Faraday, Darwin, Maxwell, Einstein. Above all it&’s about the question of what it means to be human and who gets to say – a question that is more urgent in the twenty-first century than ever before. From eighth-century Baghdad to the frontiers of AI today, via medieval Europe, nineteenth-century India and Soviet Russia, Magisteria sheds new light on this complex historical landscape. Rejecting the thesis that science and religion are inevitably at war, Nicholas Spencer illuminates a compelling and troubled relationship that has definitively shaped human history.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 528 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780861544622
Publisher:: Oneworld Publications
Date of Addition:: 03/02/23
Copyrighted By:: Nicholas Spencer
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Science, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.