The Two Books: Historical Notes on Some Interactions Between Natural Science and Theology (From the Vatican Observatory Foundation) In 1982 Olaf Pedersen gave a series of lectures at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and in 1988 at Cambridge University. In the course of those lectures he developed The Two Books: Historical Notes on Some Interactions between Natural Science and Theology. After Pedersen?s death in 1997, the work was prepared for publication, making available in English as complete and accurate a version as possible of Pedersen?s monumental work. There is a lingering impression that the field of natural science and theology is new and that, except for such passing episodes as those associated with such figures as Galileo Gali

Pedersen, Olaf:

ISBN 10: 8820979012 / ISBN 13: 9788820979010

Published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana 09.2007., 2007

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• Title: The Two Books: Historical Notes on Some Interactions Between Natural Science and Theology (From the Vatican Observatory Foundation) In 1982 Olaf Pedersen gave a series of lectures at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and in 1988 at Cambridge University. In the course of those lectures he developed The Two Books: Historical Notes on Some Interactions between Natural Science and Theology. After Pedersen?s death in 1997, the work was prepared for publication, making available in English as ...
• Publisher: Libreria Editrice Vaticana 09.2007.
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8820979012
• ISBN 13: 9788820979010
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: Auflage: 1.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 1058 grams
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In 1982 Olaf Pedersen gave a series of lectures at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and in 1988 at Cambridge University. In the course of those lectures he developed The Two Books: Historical Notes on Some Interactions between Natural Science and Theology. After Pedersen’s death in 1997, the work was prepared for publication, making available in English as complete and accurate a version as possible of Pedersen’s monumental work.

There is a lingering impression that the field of natural science and theology is new and that, except for such passing episodes as those associated with such figures as Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, and Charles Darwin, there is little or no historical continuity to the science-religion dialogue. This book by Olaf Pedersen definitively corrects that impression by tracing with scholarly precision the historical roots from pre-Socratic times to today's pursuit of the interactions between the natural sciences and religion. In doing so it makes a unique and important contribution to the field.

 

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Olaf Pedersen (1920–1997) was a leading authority on astronomy in classical antiquity and the Latin middle ages.