When Science and Christianity Meet

By David C. Lindberg (editor), Ronald L. Numbers (editor),

Book cover of When Science and Christianity Meet

Book description

This book, in language accessible to the general reader, investigates twelve of the most notorious, most interesting, and most instructive episodes involving the interaction between science and Christianity, aiming to tell each story in its historical specificity and local particularity.Among the events treated in "When Science and Christianity Meet" are…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked When Science and Christianity Meet as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book stands as a testament to the enduring legacies of two remarkable scholars whose contributions continue to shape our understanding of the relationship between science and religion.

Lindberg and Numbers, both of whom have sadly passed away in recent years, paved the way for a more nuanced and complex examination of this crucial intersection. Their edited collection brings together diverse perspectives and rigorous scholarship, offering invaluable insights into the historical, philosophical, and theological dimensions of the dialogue between science and Christianity.

If there's one book that captures the essence of this ongoing discourse, it's this one. Lindberg and Numbers'…

From James' list on the Conflict Thesis.

Want books like When Science and Christianity Meet?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like When Science and Christianity Meet.

Browse books like When Science and Christianity Meet

Book cover of The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory to A.D. 1450
Book cover of The Post-Darwinian Controversies: A Study of the Protestant Struggle to Come to Terms with Darwin in Great Britain and America, 1870-1900
Book cover of The Origins of Agnosticism: Victorian Unbelief and the Limits of Knowledge

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,171

readers submitted
so far, will you?

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in religion and science, Christianity, and Sigmund Freud?

Christianity 679 books
Sigmund Freud 59 books