2007-12-09
Book Review: The Bible, Protestantism and the rise of natural science by Peter Harrison
By Peter Harrison (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), xii + 313pp., A$105 This review by Rowland S. Ward appeared in the Reformed Theological Review, December 1999. Peter Harrison is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bond University, Qld. He has authored a volume that is well-written and rsearched and which is very valuable in understanding the origins of the natural sciences. A common view since the 1930s has been that the Puritans were the key to the rise of the sciences since so many of them were involved in the founding of the Royal Society. They were also over-represented in the sciences compared to theirRead More →