Quakers, Jews, and Science : Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650-1900

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Title:	Quakers, Jews, and Science : Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650-1900
Description:	How do science and religion interact? This study examines the ways in which two minorities in Britain - the Quaker and Anglo-Jewish communities - engaged with science. Drawing on a wealth of documentary material, much of which has not been analysed by previous historians, Geoffrey Cantor charts the participation of Quakers and Jews in many different aspects of science: scientific research, science education, science-related careers, and scientific institutions. The responses of both communities to the challenge of modernity posed by innovative scientific theories, such as the Newtonian worldview and Darwin's theory of evolution, are of central interest.
Authors:	Geoffrey Cantor
Resource Type:	eBook.
Subjects:	Religion and science--Great Britain--History--19th century, Religion and science--Great Britain--History--18th century, Religion and science--Great Britain--History--17th century, Judaism and science--History, Society of Friends--Doctrines, Judaism--Doctrines
Categories:	RELIGION / Christianity / Quaker
Database:	eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)

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Abstract:	How do science and religion interact? This study examines the ways in which two minorities in Britain - the Quaker and Anglo-Jewish communities - engaged with science. Drawing on a wealth of documentary material, much of which has not been analysed by previous historians, Geoffrey Cantor charts the participation of Quakers and Jews in many different aspects of science: scientific research, science education, science-related careers, and scientific institutions. The responses of both communities to the challenge of modernity posed by innovative scientific theories, such as the Newtonian worldview and Darwin's theory of evolution, are of central interest.
ISBN:	9780199276684 9780191534898