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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Place index
Author: The American Almanac and Repository of useful knowledge, for the year 1843
Author: David H WilliamsObserving God
Author: William J. AstorePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351914170
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Scottish theologian, educator, astronomer and popularizer of science, Thomas Dick (1774-1857) promoted a Christianized form of science to inhibit secularization, to win converts to Christianity, and to persuade evangelicals that science was sacred. His devotional theology of nature made radical claims for cultural authority. This book presents the first detailed analysis of his life and works. After an extended biographical introduction, Dick's theology of nature is examined within the context of natural theology, and also his views on the plurality of worlds, the nebular hypothesis and geology. Other chapters deal with Dick's use of aesthetics to shape social behaviour for millennial purposes, and with the publishing history of his works, their availability and their reception. In the final part, the author explores Dick's influence in America. His pacifism won him Northern evangelical supporters, while his writings dominated the burgeoning field of popular science, powerfully shaping science's cultural meaning and its uses.
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Date index
Author: Western Reserve Historical Society Publication
Author: Publication
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Author index
Author: National Register of Microform Masters
Author: National Register of Microform Masters
Author: Library of Congress. Catalog Publication DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Books on microfilm
Languages : en
Pages : 916
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