A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom

Volume 2, From Creation to the Victory of Scientific and Literary Methods

J.M. Cohen

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781351535144
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion & Science

Given the powerful and forthright title of Andrew Dickson White's classic study, it is best to make clear his own sense of the whole as given in the original 1896 edition: "My conviction is that science, though it has evidently conquered dogmatic theology based on biblical texts and ancient modes of thought, will go hand in hand with religion, and that although theological control will continue to diminish, religion as seen in the recognition of a 'power in the universe, not ourselves, which makes for righteousness' and in the love of God and of our neighbor, will steadily grow stronger and stronger, not only in the American institutions of learning, but in the world at large." White began to assemble his magnum opus, a two volume work first published in 1896 as A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom. In correspondence he wrote that he intended the work to stake out a position between such religious orthodoxy as John Henry Newman's on one side and such secular scoffing as Robert Ingersoll's on the other. Historian Paul Carter declared that this book did as much as any other published work "toward routing orthodoxy in the name of science." Insofar as science and religion came to be widely viewed as enemies, with science holding the moral high ground, White inadvertently, became one of the most effective and influential advocates for unbelief.

Index.

Aaron, plague stayed by prayer$ of, ii, 68.

Abbeville, prehistoric remains found near, i, 271-273.

Abbott, Prof., specimens from the drift at Trenton in the collection of, i, 280, note.

Abd Allatif, on the natural history of Egypt, i, 37.

Abel, Karl, his work in philology, ii, 203.

Abelard, his theory of insanity, ii, 104.

His attempt to employ reason in interpreting the Scriptures, 302. Cited, 303, note.

Aben Ezra, on the authorship of the Pentateuch, ii, 313.

His interpretation of Solomon’s Song, 326.

Abgarus, letter of Christ to, proved a fraud, ii, 303, 316.

Abimelech, his position in Eusebius’s chronological tables, i, 250.

Abiram, God’s punishment of, i, 334.

Abraham, appearance of a star at his birth, i, 172.

Imprint of his feet on stones, ii, 212.

His country and kindred, allegorical signification of, 294.

Abraham, St., his faith an evidence of his holiness, ii, 69.

Abridgment of the Records in the Towerof London, cited, ii, 269, note.

Absalom, identification of the tree on which he was hanged, ii, 240.

Abydos, list of kings in the temples at, i, 258.

Abyssinia, epidemics of dancing in, ii, 163.

Academia, Cardinal Manning’s address before the, i, 71.

Foundation of the, 72.

Academy, cited, i, 86, note.

Academy of the Lincei, hostility of the Pope to, i, 393, 394.

Academy of Music, erection of, by Na-oleon III, ii, 93.

Academy of Sciences in France, i, 41.

Attempt to found one at Vienna, 58.

Academy for the Study of Nature, foun-dation of, at Naples, i, 41.

Accademia del Cimento in Italy, i, 41.

Theological opposition to, i, 393.

Acias, Acosta on, i, 46.

Acosta, Emanuel, collection of letters published by, ii, 8, 9, 12.

His commentaries, 17, 18. Cited, 11, note.

Acosta, Joseph, on the distribution of animals, i, 45, 46.

On Lactantius’s arguments regarding the antipodes, no, note.

His Natural and Moral Historyof the Indies, 125.

His declaration regarding the poles of the heavens, 125.

On the absence of miracles in Xavier’s career, ii, 9, 10, 19, 21.

His views on the use of cocaine, 61. Cited, i, 49, note; 105, note; no, note; 126, note; ii, 10, note.

Acropolis, imprint of Poseidon’s trident on, ii, 211.

Acta Conciliorum cited, i, 386, note; ii, 45, note.

Acta Sanctorum, cited, ii, 28, note; 41, note; 73, note.

Acts, cited, i, 374, note; ii, 101, note.

Adam, representation of God extracting Eve from his side, i, 26.

Provision made for sacrifice of animals by, 27.

His coat made by the Almighty, 27.

His naming of the animals, 31.

Identification of the cavern he inhabited after the expulsion from Eden, 38; ii, 240.

Certain creatures not named by, i, 42.

Scepticism in regard to his naming all the animals, 44, 47, 54.

Wilberforce on the fall of, 70.

Origin of language used by, ii, 1619, 179, 204.

His naming of the animals, 195.

Fishes not named by, 196.

Invention of letters ascribed to, 197.

Crater filled by the tears of, 214.

Adams, C. K., cited, i, no...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Introduction To The Transaction Edition
• Chapter XIII. From Miracles To Medicine.
• Chapter XIV. From Fetich to Hygiene.
• Chapter XV. From “Demoniacal Possession” To Insanity.
• Chapter XVI. From Diabolism to Hysteria.
• Chapter XVII. From Babel To Comparative Philology.
• Chapter XVIII. From the Dead Sea Legends to Comparative mythology.
• Chapter XIX. From Leviticus to Political Economy.
• Chapter XX. From the Divine Oracles to the Higher Criticism.
• Index