God's Two Books: Copernical Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science

by Kenneth J. Howell

How do we resolve conflicts when fundamental sources of knowledge and belief--such as science and theology--are involved? In God's Two Books, Kenneth Howell offers a historical analysis of how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century astronomers and theologians in Northern Protestant Europe used science and religion to challenge and support one another. Howell reveals that the cosmological schemes developed during this era remain monumental solutions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268010455
• ISBN13: 9780268010454
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"