Science and Catholicism in Argentina (1750-1960): A Study on Scientific Culture, Religion, and Secularisation in Latin America

by Miguel de Asa, Asúa, Miguel De, et al.

Science and Catholicism in Argentina (1750-1960) is the first comprehensive study on the relationship between science and religion in a Spanish-speaking country with a Catholic majority and a "Latin" pattern of secularisation.

The text takes the reader from Jesuit missionary science in colonial times, through the conflict-ridden 19th century, to the Catholic revival of the 1930s in Argentina. The diverse interactions between science...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110487438
• ISBN13: 9783110487435
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"