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

Quakers, Jews, and Science: Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650-1900
ISBN-10
0199276684
ISBN-13
9780199276684
Category
Religion
Pages
420
Language
English
Published
2005-09-22
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
Geoffrey Cantor

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, Geoffrey Cantor charts the participation of Quakers and Jews in many different aspects of science.

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