Physico-Theology: Religion and Science in Europe, 1650-1750

This first book-length study of physico-theology questions the widespread notion of a steadily advancing early modern separation of religion and science.

Beginning around 1650, the emergence of a number of new scientific concepts, methods, and instruments challenged existing syntheses of science and religion. Physico-theology, which embraced the values of personal, empirical observation, was an international movement of the early Enlightenment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421438461
• ISBN13: 9781421438467
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"