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Science and Theology in the Reformation

By Charlotte Methuen

Science and Theology in the Reformation Politics & History

Science and Theology in the Reformation

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Beginning with an exploration of how the Reformers conceived the relationship between natural and moral philosophy, that is, physics and ethics, the author then investigates the relationship between natural law and the order of nature in the thought of Philip Melanchthon. These articles set the scene for a discussion of the role of theological arguments, and in particular understandings of God's Providence, in the interpretation of astronomical phenomena in the late sixteenth century. A similar interaction between theological, astronomical and political arguments shaped Michael Maestlin's objections to the Gregorian calendar reform. Johannes Kepler's arguments for the authority of his astronomical theories show a tacit awareness that that novelty was to be equated with heresy also draw on theological motifs. The strong parallel between his use of the theory of accommodation and his understanding of hypothesis suggest that questions of theology and questions of proof were closely related in his mind. A final chapter considers critically Sachiko Kusukawa's thesis that Melanchthon established "a Lutheran natural philosophy".
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
138
Release Date:
2008-08-26
Publication Date:
2008-06-26
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
056703271X
ISBN13:
9780567032713
Weight:
379 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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