Philosophy and Biblical Interpretation: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Conflict

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Cambridge University Press, 26 juil. 1991 - 330 pages
This study explores the nature of the conflict between science and religion. It shows through a detailed examination of this conflict as it was manifested in nineteenth century Britain that it is a fallacy that religion and science can co-exist in mutual harmony, since the legacy of their conflict in the past century has been inherited by this century, greatly to the detriment of religious belief. It is the author's contention that a return to the essentials of Kant's critical philosophy would lay bare the profound differences between religious and scientific approaches to the world, and the nature of the choice people can make between them. In his effort to demarcate the outlines of a genuine Biblical theology (and to articulate the proper procedures for producing one) the author casts light on important questions of Biblical interpretation, and demands a radical reassessment of the meaning of science for society.
 

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The general picture
4
David Hume
6
I
10
2
22
3
24
William Paley
34
22
38
Paleys design argument
305
Thomas Chalmers
307
Liberal natural theology
309
The later nineteenth century
311
Immanuel Kant
313
Critical philosophy and the Bible Conclusion Notes
314
Bibliography Index 297 299
316
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