CULTURE AND HISTORY: ESSENTIAL PARTNERS IN THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE.
In: Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, Jg. 40 (2005-06-01), Heft 2, S. 335-350
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In this essay I respond to John Caiazza's claim for the primacy of what he callstechno-secularismfor understanding twentieth-century history. Using the examples of the Taiping Rebellion in nineteenth-century China and Zionism in twentieth-century Europe, I argue that the range of Caiazza's schema is confined solely to the Protestant West with little applicability to other national histories. I argue further for the lack of clarity and therefore the uselessness of the dichotomy of the secular and the religious for understanding human history. I claim instead that, while the category of technology and the institutions of religion are important determiners in human history, they need to be subsumed, without special status, within a broader set of interrelated factors called“culture.” I appeal for the academic study of science and religion to give primacy for the near future to the history of science and religion over both theology and science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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CULTURE AND HISTORY: ESSENTIAL PARTNERS IN THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Samuelson, Norbert M. |
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Zeitschrift: | Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, Jg. 40 (2005-06-01), Heft 2, S. 335-350 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2005 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0591-2385 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00666.x |
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