Natural Theology in the Scientific Revolution
Subtitle: God's Scientists
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781848934641
Subjects: Natural theology; Theology, doctrinal, history, 17th century
Description: In the seventeenth century scientific discoveries called into question established Christian theology. It has been claimed that contemporary thinkers contributed to this conflict model by using the discoveries of the natural world to prove the existence of God. Calloway challenges this view by close examination of five key texts of the period.