Topham, J.R. (2002) Not thinking about science and religion. Minerva, 40 (2). pp. 203-209. ISSN 1573-1871
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Willem B. Drees, Religion, Science and Naturalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996). xvi + 314 pp., ISBN: 0-521-64562-X.
It is often an illuminating, if sobering, experience to see one’s work through the eyes of another discipline. Theologian Willem Drees gives historians researching the interactions of science and religion just such an experience. The thrust of Drees’s project is to argue for the application of a form of ontological naturalism to religion (or, more specifically, to Christianity) and to consider what remains of religion when this has been done. In developing this project, however, he devotes interesting chapters to modern discussions of science and religion, and to ‘histories of relationships between science and religion’. His assessment raises questions that historians would do well to consider.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Minerva. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Essay Review of Willem B. Drees, Religion, Science and Naturalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996). xvi + 314 pp., ISBN: 0-521-64562-X. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) > Division of the History and Philosophy of Science (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Leeds Philosophy Department |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2007 12:09 |
Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2016 13:32 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1015704702681 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1023/A:1015704702681 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:3321 |