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Is There a Christian History of Science?

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Article

Publication Date

4-2004

Abstract

This essay argues that the history of science and faith is not one of ongoing conflict. While earlier historiographers like Andrew Dickson White portrayed a triumphal science engaged in "warfare" with theology, that view has been largely replaced by a much more nuanced story of mutual influence. Davis concludes that historians of science, whether Christians or not, largely share the same goal: to document the complexity of this story without prejudicing the case either for or against faith.

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Jacobsen, D., Jacobsen, R. H., & Marty, M. E. (2004). Scholarship and christian faith. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/0195170385.001.0001

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